When importing data from a web site, you can include a username and password in the URL (web site address) to give Dabble DB access to password-protected web sites.

The format is as follows:

http://username:password@website.com/page.html

Certain special characters, including most punctuation and any accented letters, must be URL-encoded. URL encoding uses two-digit hexadecimal numbers to replace the actual letters or punctuation.

As an example, if the username required is an email address, the dots and @ sign must be encoded.

info@dabbledb.com would become info%40dabbledb%2Ecom and the full URL would be http://info%40dabbledb%2Ecom:password@website.com/page.html.