Run Curl with cookies

curl_cookies.sh

#!/bin/bash

COOKIE_JAR=cookies.txt
URL="http://www.google.com/foobar/"

get_session() {
    read -p "username: " username
    # The -s option is only present in bash
    read -sp "password: " password

    # Get the session cookie (otherwise the post-login cookie test fails)
    curl -qL \
        --cookie-jar "$COOKIE_JAR" \
        "$URL" > /dev/null

    # Login
    curl -vqLX POST \
        -d "__ac_name=$username" \
        -d "__ac_password=$password" \
        -d "login=Login" \
        -d "javascriptEnabled=yes" \
        -d "clientTimeZoneOffset=$(date +%:::z)" \
        -d "clientTimeZone=$(date +%Z)" \
        --cookie "$COOKIE_JAR" \
        --cookie-jar "$COOKIE_JAR" \
        "$URL" > response.txt

    return $?
}

if [ ! -f "$COOKIE_JAR" ]; then
    echo "Setting up OT session"
    get_session
fi

curl -vkL --cookie "$COOKIE_JAR" --cookie-jar "$COOKIE_JAR"  $*