In reviewing some of the older threads in the forum, I came across one that suggested it may be possible, so I started thinking....
Would the above be close or not?Sub LoginToWebsite() ' Declare variables Dim IE As Object ' Represents the Internet Explorer application Dim doc As Object ' Represents the HTML document within IE Dim element As Object ' Represents a generic HTML element Dim url As String ' The URL of the login page Dim usernameFieldID As String ' The ID of the username input field Dim passwordFieldID As String ' The ID of the password input field Dim loginButtonID As String ' The ID of the login button (or name/tag) Dim username As String ' Your username Dim password As String ' Your password ' --- Configuration --- ' IMPORTANT: Replace these placeholders with the actual values for your target website. ' You'll need to inspect the website's HTML source code to find these IDs/names. url = "https://www.example.com/login" ' Replace with the actual login page URL usernameFieldID = "username" ' Replace with the actual ID of the username input field passwordFieldID = "password" ' Replace with the actual ID of the password input field loginButtonID = "loginButton" ' Replace with the actual ID of the login button (or name/tag) username = "your_username" ' Replace with your actual username password = "your_password" ' Replace with your actual password ' --- End Configuration --- On Error GoTo ErrorHandler ' Create a new Internet Explorer object Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") ' Make IE visible (set to False if you want it to run in the background) IE.Visible = True ' Navigate to the login page IE.Navigate url ' Wait for the page to load completely ' Loop until the document is ready state 4 (complete) Do While IE.ReadyState <> 4 Or IE.Busy DoEvents Loop ' Set a reference to the HTML document Set doc = IE.Document ' Find the username input field and enter the username Set element = doc.getElementById(usernameFieldID) If Not element Is Nothing Then element.Value = username Else MsgBox "Username field with ID '" & usernameFieldID & "' not found.", vbCritical IE.Quit Set IE = Nothing Exit Sub End If ' Find the password input field and enter the password Set element = doc.getElementById(passwordFieldID) If Not element Is Nothing Then element.Value = password Else MsgBox "Password field with ID '" & passwordFieldID & "' not found.", vbCritical IE.Quit Set IE = Nothing Exit Sub End If ' Find and click the login button ' This part might vary depending on whether the button has an ID, Name, or is a specific tag. ' Try getElementById first. If not, you might need to use getElementsByName or getElementsByTagName. Set element = doc.getElementById(loginButtonID) If Not element Is Nothing Then element.Click Else ' If not found by ID, try by name (common for buttons) Set element = doc.getElementsByName(loginButtonID).Item(0) If Not element Is Nothing Then element.Click Else ' If not found by ID or Name, try by tag name (e.g., "input" or "button") ' This is less specific and might require looping through elements ' For example, to find a button with specific text: ' For Each element In doc.getElementsByTagName("input") ' If element.Type = "submit" And element.Value = "Log In" Then ' element.Click ' Exit For ' End If ' Next element ' MsgBox "Login button with ID/Name '" & loginButtonID & "' not found. Manual intervention needed.", vbCritical MsgBox "Login button with ID/Name '" & loginButtonID & "' not found. Please check the ID/Name or adjust the code to find the button.", vbCritical IE.Quit Set IE = Nothing Exit Sub End If End If ' Wait for the page to load after login (e.g., the dashboard page) Do While IE.ReadyState <> 4 Or IE.Busy DoEvents Loop ' Optional: Display a message box to confirm successful login or show the current URL MsgBox "Login process completed. Current URL: " & IE.LocationURL, vbInformation ' Clean up Set doc = Nothing Set IE = Nothing Exit Sub ErrorHandler: MsgBox "An error occurred: " & Err.Description, vbCritical If Not IE Is Nothing Then IE.Quit Set IE = Nothing End If End Sub




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