Re: urllib2 login help

2009-02-23 Thread Joshua Kugler
You also might want to look at http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/ It will do most of the hard stuff for you (sending form elements, keeping track of cookies, etc.). j john.weather...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm having trouble using urllib2 (maybe) when trying to log into a web

urllib2 login help

2009-02-21 Thread john . weatherwax
Hello, I'm having trouble using urllib2 (maybe) when trying to log into a web site that requires a user to enter a login name and a password (authentication). I've tried many things but none seem to work and have become stuck recently and was hoping to get a hint from those much more

Re: urllib2 login help

2009-02-21 Thread Stephen Hansen
*ANY* hints/suggestions/directions would be very appreciated since I've run out of ideas of things to try at this point. The last time I heard something like this, I suggested that the problem might be cookies -- and it ended up working for the person I believe.