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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Web.Contents data source settings code

I can not find how to use Web.Contents and pass in the data source security settings. I have 40 websites I am trying to query, and every one is asking me to edit the credentials via the GUI.   H...
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Jimmy801's avatar
Jimmy801
Community Champion
5 years ago

Hello Anonymous 

 

I think there is no way to hardcode this in Desktop. Credentials data source settings are stored in local profile.

 

Jimmy

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    oh no!!!!

    How do people do it when they have to scrape 50/100 websites? do they just manually keep clicking the button?

     

    Do you know how to submit a feature request? I cant find it anywhere...

    • v-yingjl's avatar
      v-yingjl
      Community Support
      5 years ago

      Hi Anonymous ,

      Considering safety issues, vertificate the credentials via GUI is inevitable even if the credentials is Anonymous. As @ Jimmy801 mentioned, data source credentials are encrypted and stored in local profile.

       

      If you really want to sumbit a feature request, you can create a new idea here to sumbit it.

       

      Best Regards,
      Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
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