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| From | Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website |
| Date | 2013-01-25 10:18 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <qrnat9-lli2.ln1@ozzie.tundraware.com> (permalink) |
| References | <gp39t9-9rk1.ln1@ozzie.tundraware.com> <3f55e471-8657-4cad-96cd-96e9e2e01a9d@googlegroups.com> |
On 01/25/2013 10:01 AM, Steve Petrie wrote: > On Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:29:51 PM UTC-5, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> I need to write a Python script to do the following: >> >> >> >> - Connect to a URL and accept any certificate - self-signed or authoritative >> >> - Provide login name/password credentials >> >> - Fill in some presented fields >> >> - Hit a "Submit" button >> >> >> >> Why? Because I don't want to have to start a browser and do this >> >> interactively every time I authenticate with a particular server. >> >> I want to do this at the command line with no interactive intervention. >> >> >> >> I know Python pretty well. I don't quite know how to do this and >> >> was hoping someone had a simple pattern they could share for >> >> doing this. >> >> >> >> TIA, >> >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com >> >> PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > The mechanize module (http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/) might be a place to start. I've done something similar with code like this: > > response = mechanize.urlopen(login_form_url) > forms = mechanize.ParseResponse(response, backwards_compat=False) > response.close() > form = forms[0] # might be more than one, though > # fill the form > form.set_value(username, name='userName') > form.set_value(password, name='password') > # set headers - user-agent, etc. > login_request = form.click() > login_response = mechanize.urlopen(login_request) > login_response_content = login_response.read() > ... > Thanks. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-01-24 19:29 -0600
Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Steve Petrie <spetrie@gmail.com> - 2013-01-25 08:01 -0800
Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-01-25 10:18 -0600
Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-01-25 12:18 -0700
Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-01-25 18:15 -0600
Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-01-25 23:53 -0700
Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-01-26 14:00 -0600
Re: Need Pattern For Logging Into A Website Jan Wąsak <jhnwsk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-28 00:57 -0800
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