Can url_response do an automated login to a website

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Is it possible for the url_response probe to do an automated login to a web site so it can monitor the page after the login is done for a specific string? 

Environment

Release: any

Component: url_response

Resolution

Yes, the url_response probe can do an automated login. 

For example using the CA Support web site. 

The home page is: 
https://support.ca.com/us.html

The login page is: 
https://profile.ca.com/us/register/login.aspx?returnURL=https://support.ca.com/us.html

Once logged in the page is:
https://support.ca.com/us.html

In the probe configure 
URL is set for: https://support.ca.com/us.html

User Authentication
Enter the Support site user name and password

For testing, several different values were used for 'Look for Substring in Page Content'. 
Test cases were 'CASE MANAGEMENT', 'MY CASES', and 'MY ACCOUNT'. 

Note: If using the IM console configure GUI, it is necessary to check the box for 'Use regex' since the IM GUI does not support spaces for the string.

Additional Information

url_response IM Configuration

The url_response probe supports:
Basic, NTLM, DIGEST, GSSNEGOTIATE, and ANYSAFE
authentication types.