On Nov 5, 8:52 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > scripteaze wrote: > > Im using mechanize method for retrieving the form so that i may log > > into it. I need to find a way to get the form name. Its not listed > > anywhere in the html source.The reason i need to do this is because im > > tryin not to use the for loop below. Someone told me that the form > > name should be listed in the 'print form' portion of the codes output. > > I dont believe the form name is listed there also. Any ideas/help > > would be great. Thank you in advance for your time. > > > for form in self._br.forms(): > > print form > > self._br.select_form(nr=0) > > self._br['username'] = Crawler.usrname > > self._br['password'] = line.strip() > > response=self._br.submit() > > if 'incorrect' in response.read(): > > print 'password incorrect =', line.strip() > > How do you expect the form to be named if there is no name given in the HTML > source? > > Diez- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Well, i wasnt sure if you could have a form without a form name, i was just thinking that it had one but maybe hidden and that i could retrieve it -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list