Document that HTTP POST is used for loginurl

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Chris Mayo 2020-06-23 17:28:31 +01:00
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@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Command line option: \fB\-u\fP, \fB\-p\fP
\fBloginurl=\fP\fIURL\fP
The URL of a login page to be visited before link checking. The page is expected
to contain an HTML form to collect credentials and submit them to the address in
its action attribute.
its action attribute using an HTTP POST request.
The name attributes of the input elements of the form and the values to be
submitted need to be available (see \fBentry\fP for an explanation of username
and password values).

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@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ The default file location is <b>~/.linkchecker/linkcheckerrc</b> on Unix,
<dt><b>loginurl=</b><i>URL</i></dt>
<dd>The URL of a login page to be visited before link checking. The page is
expected to contain an HTML form to collect credentials and submit them to
the address in its action attribute. The name attributes of the input
elements of the form and the values to be submitted need to be available
(see <b>entry</b> for an explanation of username and password
values).</dd>
the address in its action attribute using an HTTP POST request. The name
attributes of the input elements of the form and the values to be
submitted need to be available (see <b>entry</b> for an explanation of
username and password values).</dd>
<dt><b>loginuserfield=</b><i>STRING</i></dt>
<dd>The name attribute of the username input element. Default:
<b>login</b>.</dd>