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  Python HTTP POST Matt Graves <tunacubes@gmail.com> - 2013-07-17 11:49 -0700
    Re: Python HTTP POST John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2013-07-17 20:15 +0000
      Re: Python HTTP POST Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-07-17 16:26 -0400
      Re: Python HTTP POST Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2013-07-18 23:37 +0530
    Re: Python HTTP POST alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-07-18 12:04 +1000

#50798 — Python HTTP POST

I am going to be creating a python script that will make filling in information at my job easier.

I have all of the information I need... I guess I just need to see it in practice to fully grasp it.

How would I submit a python HTTP POST request to... for example, go to google.com, enter "Pie" into the search box and submit (Search)

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#50805

In <00ec2f9b-fcae-428c-8932-163e653dd71b@googlegroups.com> Matt Graves <tunacubes@gmail.com> writes:

> How would I submit a python HTTP POST request to... for example, go to
> google.com, enter "Pie" into the search box and submit (Search)

Something like this:

import urllib
import urllib2

# the google form search input box is named 'q'
data = { 'q': 'Pie' }

response = urllib2.urlopen('http://google.com', urllib.urlencode(data))
print response.read()

-- 
John Gordon                   A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gordon@panix.com              B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
                                -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:15 PM, John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> wrote:

> In <00ec2f9b-fcae-428c-8932-163e653dd71b@googlegroups.com> Matt Graves <
> tunacubes@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > How would I submit a python HTTP POST request to... for example, go to
> > google.com, enter "Pie" into the search box and submit (Search)
>
> Something like this:
>
> import urllib
> import urllib2
>
> # the google form search input box is named 'q'
> data = { 'q': 'Pie' }
>
> response = urllib2.urlopen('http://google.com', urllib.urlencode(data))
> print response.read()
>
> --
> John Gordon                   A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
> gordon@panix.com              B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
>                                 -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
>
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>


Many people find urllib and urllib2 to be confusing.  There is a module
called requests which makes this stuff a lot easier.  ymmv

http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/

-- 
Joel Goldstick
http://joelgoldstick.com

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#50863

On Thu, Jul 18 2013,Joel Goldstick wrote:


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>
> Many people find urllib and urllib2 to be confusing.  There is a module
> called requests which makes this stuff a lot easier.  ymmv
>
> http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/

Yes, please use this instead of the url* ones, easier to work with and
tinker.  I just finished writing a small scraper using it.  The
documentation too is very good.


 sivaram
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#50819

On 18/07/2013 4:49 AM, Matt Graves wrote:
> How would I submit a python HTTP POST request to... for example, go to google.com, enter "Pie" into the search box and submit (Search)

Other replies have suggested how you could do it by building the request 
yourself. Another approach is to interact directly with the form using 
mechanize:

http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/

Unfortunately this doesn't appear to actually work with Google, as its 
robots.txt won't allow it. But if you're dealing with an intranet-based 
form in your organisation you should be fine.

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