basic mechanize help

[Patrick C]

I'm trying to learn the basics of the mechanize module and i'm very very new to programming.
Does anyone know of some good places to learn the very basics, say with some examples as well?

I found this off of a person's blog

import re
from mechanize import Browser
 
username = "yourusername"
password = "yourpassword"
 
browser = Browser()
url = "http://www.deviantrealms.com/index.php?act=Login&CODE=00"
browser.open(url)
browser.select_form('LOGIN')
browser['UserName'] = username
browser['PassWord'] = password
response = browser.submit()
response = browser.follow_link(url_regex=r"\s*Top200-L2.php")
browser.back()
response = browser.follow_link(url_regex=r"\s*Top100-L2.php")

This looks like what i think I want to do. that is sign into a web site.

However, does the site need to be set up such that 'LOGIN' is specified just like that in the source code?

when i tried it i get this error:
>>> browser.select_form('LOGIN')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 510, in select_form
raise FormNotFoundError("no form matching "+description)
FormNotFoundError: no form matching name 'LOGIN'

thanks

[bartonc]

That's usually due to your URL. If you can browse there in your web browser and get to that form, then it should work.


The Mechanize Readme refers to some tutorials.

[Silgd1]

I'm trying to learn the basics of the mechanize module and i'm very very new to programming.
Does anyone know of some good places to learn the very basics, say with some examples as well?

I found this off of a person's blog

import re
from mechanize import Browser
 
username = "yourusername"
password = "yourpassword"
 
browser = Browser()
url = "http://www.deviantrealms.com/index.php?act=Login&CODE=00"
browser.open(url)
browser.select_form('LOGIN')
browser['UserName'] = username
browser['PassWord'] = password
response = browser.submit()
response = browser.follow_link(url_regex=r"\s*Top200-L2.php")
browser.back()
response = browser.follow_link(url_regex=r"\s*Top100-L2.php")

This looks like what i think I want to do. that is sign into a web site.

However, does the site need to be set up such that 'LOGIN' is specified just like that in the source code?

when i tried it i get this error:
>>> browser.select_form('LOGIN')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 510, in select_form
raise FormNotFoundError("no form matching "+description)
FormNotFoundError: no form matching name 'LOGIN'

thanks

[Silgd1] View the source code of the site and make sure that the name of the form is 'LOGIN'. From the error you are receiving, it look likes the name of the form is not 'LOGIN'. View the source code of the site again and double check the name of the form. You'll be looking for something like this <FORM name=fileupload action='/emkt/xml/submit' method=post
encType=multipart/form-data target="_top">...this tells you the name of the form is "fileupload". Look for something similar to this - Silgd1[/Silgd1]