Automate BTWiFi login using a FON account

I'm a user of British Telecom's Wifi hotspot. The service is good, but after some time of inactivity it logs me off and asks for user name and password.

It's really annoying in the long run.

Did anybody already reverse-engineer the login system and produced a Python/Bash/Perl script?

Or is there a generic way to do these kind of things?

Solution 1:

Save this as a scrip and have it run every 10 mins. Dont forget to add your username and password at the top!

#!/bin/bash

# CONF

DBG=true
RELOG_UNAME=usernamehere
RELOG_PASSW=passwordhere

# END CONF

IS_LOGGED_IN=$(wget "https://www.btopenzone.com:8443/home" --timeout 30 -O - 2>/dev/null | grep "accountLogoff")

if [ "$IS_LOGGED_IN" ]

then
  [[ $DBG ]] && echo "currently logged in. Nothing to do.."

else
  [[ $DBG ]] && echo "It's not logged in.. Will log in!"
  OUT=$(wget -qO- --post-data "USERNAME=$RELOG_UNAME&PASSWORD=$RELOG_PASSW" "https://btwifi.portal.fon.com/remote?res=hsp-login&HSPNAME=FonBT%3AGB&WISPURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btopenzone.com%3A8443%2FfonLogon&WISPURLHOME=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btopenzone.com%3A8443&VNPNAME=FonBT%3AGB&LOCATIONNAME=FonBT%3AGB")
  ONLINE=$(echo $OUT | grep youre_online )
  if [ "$ONLINE" ]
  then
    [[ $DBG ]] && echo "You're online!"
  else
    [[ $DBG ]] && echo "Could not login :("
  fi
fi