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Login with python mechanize

I am trying to create a python script that uses mechanize to submit data to a web form.

This is what I have so far

import mechanize


username = <my_username>
password = <my_password>
url = <my_url>


print "opening browser"
br = mechanize.Browser()
print "opening url...please wait"
br.open(url)
print br.title()
print "selecting form"
br.select_form(name='Login')
br['UserID'] = username
br['PassPhrase'] = password
print "submitting form"
br.submit()

I'm stuck on what to do now. Does br now contain the next webpage than comes up after submitting the form? Is there a way I can print the html in br to check what webpage is in it? (I cant use print br.title() because both pages have the same title)

Solution

  • Try this at the end:

    response = br.submit()
pageSource=response.read()

    pageSource should give you the html-source of the post-login page.