473,699 Members | 2,702 Online
Bytes | Software Development & Data Engineering Community
+ Post

Home Posts Topics Members FAQ

Question about urllib and posting to an external script

3 New Member
I have tried multiple ways of posting information to a website and have failed.

my first attempt was out of the docs:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. import httplib, urllib
  2. params = urllib.urlencode({'email' : 'a@a.com', 'password' : 'pass'})
  3. h = httplib.HTTP("login.myspace.com:80")
  4. h.putrequest("POST", "/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.process&amp")
  5. h.putheader("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 <Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv;1.8.0.6> Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6")
  6. h.putheader("Content-length", "%d" % len(params))
  7. h.putheader('Accept', 'text/plain')
  8.  
  9. h.endheaders()
  10. h.send(params)
  11. reply, msg, hdrs = h.getreply()
  12. print reply # should be 200
  13. data = h.getfile().read() # get the raw HTML
  14. print data 
this returned a page denying access
and then tried:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. import httplib, urllib
  2. params = urllib.urlencode({'email' : 'ezikz@bonbon.net', 'password' : 'dicksuck'})
  3. data = urllib.urlopen("http://login.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.process&amp:80", params).read() 
  4. print data 
This returned a page that asked me if i wanted to sign up, which confused me even more.

all i want to do is post this form:
[HTML]<form method='POST' enctype='multip art/form-data' action='http://login.myspace.c om/index.cfm?fusea ction=login.pro cess&amp'>
<input type="text" name="email" >
<input type="password" name="password" >
<input type="submit" value="Login"/>[/HTML]

Please help i was thinking maybe the site did browser sniffing and only allowed certain types. i dont know.
Sep 4 '06 #1
2 3201
lself
1 New Member
Get ClientCookie from http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientCookie/

Inside the ClientCookie-x.x.x directory, you will find a directory called ClientCookie. Copy it to C:\Python2x\Lib \site-packages.

Change youremail, yourpassword, and anyfriendid in the following code:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. import urllib
  2. import urllib2
  3. import ClientCookie
  4.  
  5. params = urllib.urlencode({'email':'youremail','password':'yourpassword'})
  6. request = urllib2.Request("http://login.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.process&amp",params)
  7. response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
  8. c = ClientCookie.Cookies()
  9. c.extract_cookies(response,request)
  10. request2 = urllib2.Request("http://comment.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewComments&friendID=anyfriendid")
  11. c.add_cookie_header(request2)
  12. url2 = urllib2.urlopen(request2)
This loads (as an example) the View All Comments page of the user with anyfriendid--something you must be logged in to do. If you wish to do something else, it should be easy to infer how.

I have tried multiple ways of posting information to a website and have failed.

my first attempt was out of the docs:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. import httplib, urllib
  2. params = urllib.urlencode({'email' : 'a@a.com', 'password' : 'pass'})
  3. h = httplib.HTTP("login.myspace.com:80")
  4. h.putrequest("POST", "/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.process&amp")
  5. h.putheader("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 <Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv;1.8.0.6> Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6")
  6. h.putheader("Content-length", "%d" % len(params))
  7. h.putheader('Accept', 'text/plain')
  8.  
  9. h.endheaders()
  10. h.send(params)
  11. reply, msg, hdrs = h.getreply()
  12. print reply # should be 200
  13. data = h.getfile().read() # get the raw HTML
  14. print data 
this returned a page denying access
and then tried:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. import httplib, urllib
  2. params = urllib.urlencode({'email' : 'ezikz@bonbon.net', 'password' : 'dicksuck'})
  3. data = urllib.urlopen("http://login.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.process&amp:80", params).read() 
  4. print data 
This returned a page that asked me if i wanted to sign up, which confused me even more.

all i want to do is post this form:
[HTML]<form method='POST' enctype='multip art/form-data' action='http://login.myspace.c om/index.cfm?fusea ction=login.pro cess&amp'>
<input type="text" name="email" >
<input type="password" name="password" >
<input type="submit" value="Login"/>[/HTML]

Please help i was thinking maybe the site did browser sniffing and only allowed certain types. i dont know.
Jan 7 '07 #2
bartonc
6,596 Recognized Expert Expert
Get ClientCookie from http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientCookie/

Inside the ClientCookie-x.x.x directory, you will find a directory called ClientCookie. Copy it to C:\Python2x\Lib \site-packages.

Change youremail, yourpassword, and anyfriendid in the following code:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. import urllib
  2. import urllib2
  3. import ClientCookie
  4.  
  5. params = urllib.urlencode({'email':'youremail','password':'yourpassword'})
  6. request = urllib2.Request("http://login.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.process&amp",params)
  7. response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
  8. c = ClientCookie.Cookies()
  9. c.extract_cookies(response,request)
  10. request2 = urllib2.Request("http://comment.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewComments&friendID=anyfriendid")
  11. c.add_cookie_header(request2)
  12. url2 = urllib2.urlopen(request2)
This loads (as an example) the View All Comments page of the user with anyfriendid--something you must be logged in to do. If you wish to do something else, it should be easy to infer how.
There is great info here for our members. Thank you for taking the time to post. I hope that you stick around, ask some, answer some, or just post some code that you are working on.
Jan 8 '07 #3

Sign in to post your reply or Sign up for a free account.

Similar topics

4
3992
by: Richard Shea | last post by:
Hi - I'm new to Python. I've been trying to use URLLIB and the 'tidy' function (part of the mx.tidy package). There's one thing I'm having real difficulties understanding. When I did this ... finA= urllib.urlopen('http://www.python.org/') foutA=open('C:\\testout.html','w') tidy(finA,foutA,None) I get ...
3
2456
by: Haim Ashkenazi | last post by:
Hi I'm writing a script that uses urllib on win98. until now I used python 2.3.x (x < 4) and it worked ok. I re-installed windows and installed python 2.3.4 and now I get an error when trying to open a url "no host given": Python 2.3.4 (#53, May 25 2004, 21:17:02) on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
7
2324
by: Stuart McGraw | last post by:
I just spent a $*#@!*&^&% hour registering at ^$#@#%^ Sourceforce and trying to submit a Python bug report but it still won't let me. I give up. Maybe someone who cares will see this post, or maybe it will save time for someone else who runs into this problem... ================================================ Environment: - Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro
1
2493
by: John Hunter | last post by:
I have a test script below which I use to fetch urls into strings, either over https or http. When over https, I use m2crypto.urllib and when over http I use the standard urllib. Whenever, I import sockets and setdefaulttimeout, however, using m2crypto.urllib tends to cause a http.BadStatusLine to be raised, even if the timeout is set to be very large. All of the documents in the test script can be accessed publicly. Any ideas? Is...
1
1691
by: Tigerhillside | last post by:
I forgot I had a "real" newsreader available. So here is the question you will see "soon" when google decides to post my other question. I have a server side script that takes a user's input in a form, packages it, and sends it on to an external server. The external server will then send back the response via http to my server script. But not the same script. And there is the rub, I don't know how the second script can get to my user.
1
496
by: evanpmeth | last post by:
I have tried multiple ways of posting information to a website and have failed. I have seen this problem on other forums can someone explain or point me to information on how POST works through urllib an different broweser (what is the difference). my first attempt was out of the docs: Code: import httplib, urllib params = urllib.urlencode({'email' : 'a@a.com',
5
4678
by: supercooper | last post by:
I am downloading images using the script below. Sometimes it will go for 10 mins, sometimes 2 hours before timing out with the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "ftp_20070326_Downloads_cooperc_FetchLibreMapProjectDRGs.py", line 108, i n ? urllib.urlretrieve(fullurl, localfile) File "C:\Python24\lib\urllib.py", line 89, in urlretrieve
5
1740
by: Adrian Smith | last post by:
I'm trying to use urllib2 to download a page (I'd rather use urllib, but I need to change the User-Agent header to look like a browser or G**gle won't send it to me, the big meanies). The following (pinched from Dive Into Python) seems to work perfectly in Idle, but falls at the final hurdle when run as a cgi script - can anyone suggest anything I may have overlooked? request = urllib2.Request(some_URL) request.add_header('User-Agent',...
5
13042
by: chrispoliquin | last post by:
Hi, I have a small Python script to fetch some pages from the internet. There are a lot of pages and I am looping through them and then downloading the page using urlretrieve() in the urllib module. The problem is that after 110 pages or so the script sort of hangs and then I get the following traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
4
2918
by: K | last post by:
Hello everyone, I understand that urllib and urllib2 serve as really simple page request libraries. I was wondering if there is a library out there that can get the HTTP requests for a given page. Example: URL: http://www.google.com/test.html Something like: urllib.urlopen('http://www.google.com/
0
8685
marktang
by: marktang | last post by:
ONU (Optical Network Unit) is one of the key components for providing high-speed Internet services. Its primary function is to act as an endpoint device located at the user's premises. However, people are often confused as to whether an ONU can Work As a Router. In this blog post, we’ll explore What is ONU, What Is Router, ONU & Router’s main usage, and What is the difference between ONU and Router. Let’s take a closer look ! Part I. Meaning of...
0
8613
by: Hystou | last post by:
Most computers default to English, but sometimes we require a different language, especially when relocating. Forgot to request a specific language before your computer shipped? No problem! You can effortlessly switch the default language on Windows 10 without reinstalling. I'll walk you through it. First, let's disable language synchronization. With a Microsoft account, language settings sync across devices. To prevent any complications,...
1
8908
by: Hystou | last post by:
Overview: Windows 11 and 10 have less user interface control over operating system update behaviour than previous versions of Windows. In Windows 11 and 10, there is no way to turn off the Windows Update option using the Control Panel or Settings app; it automatically checks for updates and installs any it finds, whether you like it or not. For most users, this new feature is actually very convenient. If you want to control the update process,...
0
8880
tracyyun
by: tracyyun | last post by:
Dear forum friends, With the development of smart home technology, a variety of wireless communication protocols have appeared on the market, such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. Each protocol has its own unique characteristics and advantages, but as a user who is planning to build a smart home system, I am a bit confused by the choice of these technologies. I'm particularly interested in Zigbee because I've heard it does some...
0
7745
agi2029
by: agi2029 | last post by:
Let's talk about the concept of autonomous AI software engineers and no-code agents. These AIs are designed to manage the entire lifecycle of a software development project—planning, coding, testing, and deployment—without human intervention. Imagine an AI that can take a project description, break it down, write the code, debug it, and then launch it, all on its own.... Now, this would greatly impact the work of software developers. The idea...
1
6532
isladogs
by: isladogs | last post by:
The next Access Europe User Group meeting will be on Wednesday 1 May 2024 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC+1) and finishing by 19:30 (7.30PM). In this session, we are pleased to welcome a new presenter, Adolph Dupré who will be discussing some powerful techniques for using class modules. He will explain when you may want to use classes instead of User Defined Types (UDT). For example, to manage the data in unbound forms. Adolph will...
0
4374
by: TSSRALBI | last post by:
Hello I'm a network technician in training and I need your help. I am currently learning how to create and manage the different types of VPNs and I have a question about LAN-to-LAN VPNs. The last exercise I practiced was to create a LAN-to-LAN VPN between two Pfsense firewalls, by using IPSEC protocols. I succeeded, with both firewalls in the same network. But I'm wondering if it's possible to do the same thing, with 2 Pfsense firewalls...
1
3054
by: 6302768590 | last post by:
Hai team i want code for transfer the data from one system to another through IP address by using C# our system has to for every 5mins then we have to update the data what the data is updated we have to send another system
2
2344
muto222
by: muto222 | last post by:
How can i add a mobile payment intergratation into php mysql website.

By using Bytes.com and it's services, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

To disable or enable advertisements and analytics tracking please visit the manage ads & tracking page.