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 > 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 knowledgeable than myself. > > I want to automate logging on to the investopedia stock simulator web > site. > > http://simulator.investopedia.com/authorization/login.aspx > > I can't seem to automate this successfully. > > My python script is below: > > import os,re > import urllib, urllib2 > > theurl = "http://simulator.investopedia.com/authorization/login.aspx"; > > post_dict = { "ct100$MainPlaceHolder$usernameText": "XXX", > "ct100$MainPlaceHolder$passwordText": "XXX", "ct100$MainPlaceHolder > $loginButton": "Sign In", "ct100$MainPlaceHolder$rememberMeCheckBox": > "on" } > > post_data = urllib.urlencode( post_dict ) > > headers = { 'User-agent': 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows > NT)', > 'Host': 'simulator.investopedia.com', > 'Referer': 'http://simulator.investopedia.com/ > authorization/login.aspx', > } > > req = urllib2.Request( theurl, post_data, headers ) > response = urllib2.urlopen(req) > the_page = response.read() > > The problem is that this page returned seems to be the same as the > login page which I connected to initially. When I perform the login > process manually things work as expected. What am I doing > incorrectly? > > *ANY* hints/suggestions/directions would be very appreciated since > I've run out of ideas of things to try at this point. > > Thanks very much > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
