On Thu, Dec 23 2010, Anirudh Asokan wrote:
[...] > #!/usr/bin/python > import urllib,urllib2 > url = 'http://results.vtu.ac.in/default.php' > parameters = {'rid' : '1hk09cs043'} > data = urllib.urlencode(parameters) # Use urllib to encode the parameters > request = urllib2.Request(url, data) > response = urllib2.urlopen(request) # This request is sent in HTTP POST > page = response.read(200000) > print page I haven't tried with the first but with the above, the backend processes the POST only if the "submit" parameter is specified (the value is apparently irrelevant). curl -d rid=1hk09cs043 -d submit=SUBMIT http://results.vtu.ac.in/default.php | grep -i roshan will work but curl -d rid=1hk09cs043 -d http://results.vtu.ac.in/default.php | grep -i roshan will not. -- _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
