On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:15 PM, John Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
> In <[email protected]> Matt Graves < > [email protected]> 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 > [email protected] 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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