gistfile1.txt

-(void)authenticateWithEmail:(NSString*)email password:(NSString*)password retries:(int)retries andThen:(BasicBlock)work
{
    NSString* urlString = @"https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin";
    
    NSMutableDictionary* requestParameters = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    
    [requestParameters setObject:email    forKey:@"Email"];
    [requestParameters setObject:password forKey:@"Passwd"];
    
    [NSURLConnection postToUrlString:urlString withParameters:requestParameters completionBlock:^(NSData* data, NSURLResponse* response, NSError* error)
    {
        NSString* dataString = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[data bytes]];
        
        if([dataString hasPrefix:@"SID="])
        {
            NSString* sid = [[[dataString componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"] objectAtIndex:0] substringFromIndex:4];
                                    
            [NSHTTPCookieStorage setCookieWithName:@"SID" value:sid origin:urlString];
            
            RunOnMainThread(work);
        }
        else if(retries > 0) 
        {
            NSLog(@"Authentication failed, %i retries left", retries);
            
            RunAfterDelay(0.2, ^{ [self authenticateWithEmail:email password:password retries:(retries - 1) andThen:work]; });
        }
        else 
        {
            NSLog(@"Authentication failed for good");
        }
    }];
}

-(void)authenticateWithEmail:(NSString *)email password:(NSString *)password retries:(int)retries andThen:(BasicBlock)work {
NSString *urlString = @"https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin";

NSMutableDictionary* requestParameters = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

[requestParameters setObject:email    forKey:@"Email"];
[requestParameters setObject:password forKey:@"Passwd"];

[NSURLConnection postToUrlString:urlString withParameters:requestParameters completionBlock:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse* response, NSError *error) {
    NSString *dataString = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[data bytes]];

    if ([dataString hasPrefix:@"SID="]) {
        NSString *sid = [[[dataString componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"] objectAtIndex:0] substringFromIndex:4];
        [NSHTTPCookieStorage setCookieWithName:@"SID" value:sid origin:urlString];
        RunOnMainThread(work);
    } else if (retries > 0) {
        NSLog(@"Authentication failed, %i retries left", retries);
        RunAfterDelay(0.2, ^{ [self authenticateWithEmail:email password:password retries:(retries - 1) andThen:work]; });
    } else {
        NSLog(@"Authentication failed for good");
    }
}];

}