Automatic Login to Mint.com
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:29 pm
Hello Everyone,
In an expression of experimentation and irony, I'm am trying to write a script that logs into mint.com and downloads my transaction list. I cannot seem to figure out how it works. I've tried a curl script and well as a stream but neither have worked. My curl script looked like this:
(I've removed my username and password for obvious reasons but I know they are right.)
Does anyone see any problems with it or can give me any pointers to getting it to work?
In an expression of experimentation and irony, I'm am trying to write a script that logs into mint.com and downloads my transaction list. I cannot seem to figure out how it works. I've tried a curl script and well as a stream but neither have worked. My curl script looked like this:
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<?php
// INIT CURL
$ch = curl_init();
// SET URL FOR THE POST FORM LOGIN
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://wwws.mint.com/loginUserSubmit.xevent');
// ENABLE HTTP POST
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
// SET POST PARAMETERS : FORM VALUES FOR EACH FIELD
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, 'username=[USERNAME]&password=[PASSWORD]&task=L');
// IMITATE CLASSIC BROWSER'S BEHAVIOUR : HANDLE COOKIES
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, 'cookie.txt');
# Setting CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER variable to 1 will force cURL
# not to print out the results of its query.
# Instead, it will return the results as a string return value
# from curl_exec() instead of the usual true/false.
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// EXECUTE 1st REQUEST (FORM LOGIN)
$saved = curl_exec ($ch);
if(!$saved)
{
echo "Error: " . curl_error($ch);
}
// SET FILE TO DOWNLOAD
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://wwws.mint.com/transactionDownload.event?');
// EXECUTE 2nd REQUEST (FILE DOWNLOAD)
$content = curl_exec ($ch);
// CLOSE CURL
curl_close ($ch);
echo $content;
?>
Does anyone see any problems with it or can give me any pointers to getting it to work?