Log-in to Website - vba

Question

I'm trying to create an Excel macro that will log me into this website. I've written macros to log me into to other websites, but this one is somehow different.
When I use the following code to programmatically insert the username and password and then programmatically click the "log-in" button, the webpage comes back with the message
Error: please provide a username and Error: Please provide a
password
Sub LogIn()
' Open IE and navigate to the log-in page
Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
With ie
.Visible = True
.navigate "https://www.prudential.com/login"
' Loop until the page is fully loaded
Do Until Not ie.Busy And ie.ReadyState = 4
DoEvents
Loop
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:10"))
' Enter the necessary information on the Login web page and click the submit button
ie.document.getElementById("username").Value = "abcdef"
ie.document.getElementById("password").Value = "12345678"
ie.document.getElementsByClassName("btn btn-primary btn-login btn-sm-block analytics-login")(0).Click
' Loop until the page is fully loaded
Do Until Not ie.Busy And ie.ReadyState = 4
DoEvents
Loop
End With
' Do stuff
' Quit IE
ie.Quit
End Sub
I can see that my code has inserted the username and password into the webpage boxes, but for some reason after successfully clicking the submit button, the username and password are not being detected.
What code will successfully insert the username and password so that it can be processed by the web page? You'll know that your code works when you get the following error message:
We are unable to verify your username and password. Please try again.
Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

It actually wants you to send a key, so you can bypass this request like this:
ie.document.getElementById("username").Focus
ie.document.getElementById("username").Value = "abcde"
Application.SendKeys "f", True
ie.document.getElementById("password").Focus
ie.document.getElementById("password").Value = "1234567"
Application.SendKeys "8", True
ie.document.getElementsByClassName("btn btn-primary btn-login btn-sm-block analytics-login")(0).Click
Edit:
Sub GetData()
Dim ie As InternetExplorer
Dim desc As IHTMLElement
Set ie = New InternetExplorer
With ie
.navigate "https://www.prudential.com/login"
.Visible = True
End With
Do While (ie.Busy Or ie.ReadyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE)
DoEvents
Loop
ie.document.getElementById("username").Focus
Application.SendKeys "abcdef"
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
ie.document.getElementById("password").Focus
Application.SendKeys "12345678"
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
ie.document.getElementsByClassName("btn btn-primary btn-login btn-sm-block analytics-login")(0).Click
Set ie = Nothing
End Sub

Answer 2

Try the code below:
Option Explicit
Const READYSTATE_COMPLETE As Long = 4
Const URL_String As String = "https://www.prudential.com/login"
Sub Login()
Dim IE As Object
Dim ObjElement As Object
' using Late Binding
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
With IE
.navigate URL_String
.Visible = True
End With
Do While (IE.Busy Or IE.ReadyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE)
DoEvents
Loop
IE.document.getElementByid("username").Value = "abcdef"
IE.document.getElementByid("password").Value = "12345678"
' Optional: I didn't need the wait time
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
Set ObjElement = IE.document.getElementsByClassName("btn btn-primary btn-login btn-sm-block analytics-login")
ObjElement(0).Click
Set IE = Nothing
End Sub

Answer 3

Another approach might be something like the following.
Sub Get_Logged_In()
Dim IE As New InternetExplorer, HTML As HTMLDocument
Dim post As Object, elem As Object
With IE
.Visible = True
.navigate "https://www.prudential.com/login"
While .Busy = True Or .readyState < 4: DoEvents: Wend
Set HTML = .document
End With
With HTML
Set post = .querySelector("#username")
post.Focus
post.innerText = "abcdef"
Set elem = .querySelector("#password")
elem.Focus
elem.innerText = "12345678"
.querySelector("button[data-qa='Login Button']").Click
End With
IE.Quit
End Sub
Reference to add to the library:
1. Microsoft Internet Controls
2. Microsoft HTML Object Library

Answer 4

In case anyone else has a similar problem I was finally able to get Sendkeys to work. Still, if anyone can come up with a non-Sendkeys solution it would be much preferred.
Two important points in getting Sendkeys to work are 1) use of
Set WSS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
and 2) to be sure to run the macro from Excel (e.g. tools-macro-macros) and not from the VB Editor (running from the editor will simply insert the text somewhere within the code and not on the target webpage).
' Open IE and navigate to the log-in page
Application.StatusBar = "Opening IE and logging in to the website"
Set WSS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
my_username = "abcdef"
my_pw = "12345678"
Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
With ie
.Visible = True
.navigate "https://www.prudential.com/login"
.Top = 0
.Left = 0
.Height = 1025
.Width = 1925
' Loop until the page is fully loaded
Do Until Not ie.Busy And ie.ReadyState = 4
DoEvents
Loop
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:10"))
WSS.SendKeys "{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}"
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
WSS.SendKeys my_username
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
WSS.SendKeys "{TAB}"
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
WSS.SendKeys my_pw
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01")
ie.document.getElementsByClassName("btn btn-primary btn-login btn-sm-block analytics-login")(0).Click
' Loop until the page is fully loaded
Do Until Not ie.Busy And ie.ReadyState = 4
DoEvents
Loop
End With
' You're now logged in, do your stuff..