C# automatic login to gmail/hotmail via web browser

I`m trying to do something like LassPass, but as a desktop application. I use VS 2013, C# and Windows Forms.

I have my user email and password for gmail or outlook and I want to click a button in my desktop program to open my local default browser ie., Chrome/Firefox with appropriate link. I want to be automatic login in service(gmail/outlook). I want to ask if I have to use appropriate API or only some kind of link (https://mail.google.com/login="userlogin",password="userpassword") will be good.

I see a gmail API, there is how to send a mail, but i cannot find how to log into service.

Are in Gmail or Outlook API functions which can help me?

Solution

You are looking for Selenium

once you have it setup you can do something like

using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium;

class Test
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.gmail.com/");
        IWebElement query = driver.FindElement(By.Id("Email"));
        query.SendKeys("[email protected]");
        query = driver.FindElement(By.Id("next"));
        query.Click();
        // now you just have to do the same for the password page

        driver.Quit();
    }
}

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