[Kget] [kget] [Bug 313864] New: Accept current session cookie from other browsers to avoid problems with sites that require persistent login tracking.

[Gerald Cox]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313864

            Bug ID: 313864
           Summary: Accept current session cookie from other browsers to
                    avoid problems with sites that require persistent
                    login tracking.
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kget
           Version: 4.9.97 (RC2)
          Platform: RedHat RPMs
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Core
          Assignee: kget at kde.org
          Reporter: gbcox at bzb.us

I'm using KGet with Firefox via Flashgot.  Flashgot is a Firefox extension
which allows you to use external download managers.  Flashgot supports sending
the current session cookie from Firefox.  This works fine with cURL and Wget. 
However, KGet does not currently support this function.  

I did try KGet integration with Konqueror, and cookies are preserved between
Konqueror and KGet and the transfer does complete; however this doesn't help if
you want to use another browser.

Flashgot / Firefox does work with KGet for sites that do not require the
session cookie to be preserved.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Launch Firefox with Flashgot extension enabled
2.  Configure Flashgot to use KGet as the external download manager
3.  Login into secured website with user credentials to download files
4.  Select a file to download
5.  Transfer does not complete because session cookie not being accepted by
KGet
Actual Results:  
Download.aspx file is downloaded.  The contents of this file state:
"User session is expired or not logged in. Login to download file!"

Expected Results:  
File is downloaded sucessfully.

URL for Flashgot extention site is:  http://flashgot.net

It is fairly common now for sites to protect their content with logon
credentials.  This functionality has long been built into cURL and WGet.

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