On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:02:39 -0700, larryzhang wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to grab webpages from a site that requires user ID and > password, is there a way that I can pass my ID and password to the > server? Thanks.
It depends on what the server is expecting. Some *really bad* systems encode the username and password in the URL. If that's what the server does, then just copy the URL. Easy. Python can handle basic authentication easily. Have a read of these: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2.shtml http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/authentication.shtml I'm not sure about digest authentication, but it's probably similar. If the website uses javascript to manage authentication, you've probably got a lot of work to do. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
