Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'automate': 0.07; 'advance': 0.07; 'answering': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'oh,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:module': 0.09; 'contribute': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; '1:48': 0.16; 'already,': 0.16; 'eternal': 0.16; 'path.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'sadly': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'example': 0.22; 'coding': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'michael': 0.29; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; 'os,': 0.31; 'service,': 0.32; "i'd": 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'error.': 0.37; 'so,': 0.37; 'version,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'previous': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'course': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'show': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'spam.': 0.64; 'management': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'helping': 0.70; 'wish': 0.70; 'received:2': 0.84; 'subject:handle': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: how to handle captcha through machanize module or any module Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:21:50 +0000 References: <2b488aa4-5698-4be8-b272-7f93c49d154c@googlegroups.com> <52B1E549.90105@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-207-235.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: <52B1E549.90105@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1387391106 news.xs4all.nl 2838 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55790 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62329 On 18/12/2013 18:11, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 12/18/2013 07:51 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Joel Goldstick >> wrote: >>> So, what you need to do is show a small coding example of the problem you >>> are having. Give the OS, the python version, and copy the traceback if >>> there is an error. >> >> And give a good solid reason why you need to automate a CAPTCHA, >> because none of us here wants to contribute to the eternal problem of >> spam. > > Nor do we wish to be party to helping you violate goarticle's terms of > service. If you do violate their terms of service, then you forfeit any > right to view their content. > Sadly by answering their previous questions going back to 19/11/2013 perhaps we've already, inadvertently set them off down this sticky path. Oh, I just wish I'd attended that management course about advance hindsight :( -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence