Scrape Sensor - scrape data behind login

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Hi,

is it possible to provide website login data for this component so that you can scrape data which is behind a login?

Could it be, that I just have to edit: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/blob/dev/homeassistant/components/sensor/scrape.py

to include the following in the PLATFORM_SCHEMA = PLATFORM_SCHEMA.extend({ section:

   vol.Optional(CONF_AUTHENTICATION):
        vol.In([HTTP_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION, HTTP_DIGEST_AUTHENTICATION]),
    vol.Optional(CONF_USERNAME): cv.string,
    vol.Optional(CONF_PASSWORD): cv.string,

and add the following to: def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):

username = config.get(CONF_USERNAME)
password = config.get(CONF_PASSWORD)

And finally then further down remove the “auth” from:

payload = auth = headers = None

to

payload = headers = None

It would be great if you could confirm these steps or help me along my way! Thanks!

2

Would be nice if you could check/test it. Thanks.

3

Well thank you for encouraging me! Mind you I am not a dev! Thanks to home assistant I created my first PR.

4

I closed your Pull Request because it’s a duplicate of the linked one.

5

I am sorry, I didn’t mean to cause any confusion. Somehow I overlooked your link. Anyway It was a very nice exercise for me. Cheers.

6

It’s very unfortunate that we did the same things. You were on the right track with your contribution. Please don’t let this little incident affect any future contribution.

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