On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Tim Johnson <t...@johnsons-web.com> wrote:
> I've written the following function which successfully gets an > authenticated URL: > def getRestrictedURL(authName,URL,log,pswd): > auth_handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler() > auth_handler.add_password(authName, URL,log,pswd) > opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth_handler) > urllib2.install_opener(opener) > return opener.open(URL).read() > # But, alas, any links in content 'beneath' the URL > # require additional authentication. > Any way around this? > Thanks > -- > Tim > tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com > http://www.akwebsoft.com > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > Tim, Unless you are tied to the standard library I would recommend looking at httplib2 http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/ This handles your authentication and connection much better then the standard urllib. -- Vince Spicer -- Sent from Ubuntu
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