# Login into yahoo - - - rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-into-yahoo-rails/187483>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 23, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-into-yahoo-rails/187483 "2010-04-23T20:39:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kevid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevid)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-into-yahoo-rails/187483/1 "2010-04-23T20:39:48Z")

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hi all,

Is there a way to login to yahoo programatically from my controller?  
thus the user (WITHOUT SEEING THE YAHOO LOGIN PAGE) would just be  
logged into yahoo having provided username and password ???

thoughts ??

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**Author:** ![kevid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kevid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevid)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-into-yahoo-rails/187483/2 "2010-04-23T20:42:08Z")

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