Logging into website via Java

[NRaf]

Technically this question isn't related to any specific language. Basically, what I need to do is extract information from a website relating to the current logged user.

The website has your standard login form - it seems to use JSP as the language. What I need to do is find a way to login into this form via code so I can access the page I need to extract data (thankfully, the URL is the same for all users so that doesn't matter).

How can I accomplish this?

[ejosiah]

if you are trying to use java. try reading the java.net.URL API. you need to open a connection stream to through the URL from there you should be able to read and write to it. This link shoud help youhttp://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/urls/index.html