I am trying to convert from some CURL code to FLEX/ActionScript. Since I am 100% ignorant about CURL and 50% ignorant about Flex and 90% ignorant on HTTP in general... I'm having some significant difficulty.

The following CURL code is from http://code.google.com/p/ga-api-http-samples/source/browse/trunk/src/v2/accountFeed.sh

I have every reason to believe that it's working correctly.

       USER_EMAIL="[email protected]" #Insert your Google Account email here
       USER_PASS="secretpass" #Insert your password here

       googleAuth="$(curl https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin -s \
       -d Email=$USER_EMAIL \
       -d Passwd=$USER_PASS \
       -d accountType=GOOGLE \
       -d source=curl-accountFeed-v2 \
       -d service=analytics \
     | awk /Auth=.*/)"
       feedUri="https://www.google.com/analytics/feeds/accounts/default\
       ?prettyprint=true"

       curl $feedUri --silent \
       --header "Authorization: GoogleLogin $googleAuth" \
       --header "GData-Version: 2"

The following is my abortive attempt to translate the above CURL to AS3

    var request:URLRequest=new URLRequest("https://www.google.com/analytics/feeds/accounts/default");
    request.method=URLRequestMethod.POST;
    var GoogleAuth:String="$(curl https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin -s " + 
        "-d [email protected] " + 
        "-d Passwd=secretpass " + 
        "-d accountType=GOOGLE " + 
        "-d source=curl-accountFeed-v2" + 
        "-d service=analytics " + 
        "| awk /Auth=.*/)";
    request.requestHeaders.push(new URLRequestHeader("Authorization", "GoogleLogin " + GoogleAuth));
    request.requestHeaders.push(new URLRequestHeader("GData-Version", "2"));
    var loader:URLLoader=new URLLoader();
    loader.dataFormat=URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY;
    loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, GACompleteHandler);
    loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, GAErrorHandler);
    loader.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, GAErrorHandler);
    loader.load(request);

This probably provides you all with a good laugh, and that's okay, but if you can find any pity on me, please let me know what I'm missing. I readily admit functional ineptitude, therefore letting me know how stupid I am is optional.