using urllib, urllib2 ,mechanize to access password protected site

[comeshopcheap]

Hi

I am using this script to access doba.com (I need to download some
files) but I keep on being sent back to the login page not the user
home page. Any help. I think I may need to use a post method and
opener is using a get method

Thanks

import mechanize
cookies = mechanize.Cooki eJar()
# build_opener() adds standard handlers (such as HTTPHandler and
# HTTPCookieProce ssor) by default. The cookie processor we supply
# will replace the default one.
opener =
mechanize.build _opener(mechani ze.HTTPCookiePr ocessor(cookies ))
opener.addheade rs = [("User-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows
NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4"), ]
data="username= user&password=p w"
#r = opener.open("ht tp://comeshopcheap.c om/") # GET
r = opener.open("ht tps://www.doba.com/members/login.php", data) # POST

[John J. Lee]

comeshopcheap <mo**********@g mail.comwrites:

Hi

I am using this script to access doba.com (I need to download some
files) but I keep on being sent back to the login page not the user
home page. Any help. I think I may need to use a post method and
opener is using a get method

Thanks

import mechanize
cookies = mechanize.Cooki eJar()
# build_opener() adds standard handlers (such as HTTPHandler and
# HTTPCookieProce ssor) by default. The cookie processor we supply
# will replace the default one.
opener =
mechanize.build _opener(mechani ze.HTTPCookiePr ocessor(cookies ))
opener.addheade rs = [("User-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows
NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4"), ]
data="username= user&password=p w"
#r = opener.open("ht tp://comeshopcheap.c om/") # GET
r = opener.open("ht tps://www.doba.com/members/login.php", data) # POST

You shouldn't need to worry re POST and GET.

Visiting the login page is presumably not enough in itself to log you
in. So, what are you doing to ensure you're logged in?

Probably you want to fill in and submit the login form on the login
page. Alternatively, use e.g. mechanize.Mozil laCookieJar and load
cookies from your web browser (this option requires that you are
already logged in persistently, though, so I'd suggest filling in the
login form as the safe option).
John