On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 2:09:31 PM UTC-5, peter wrote: > > def test(): > import urllib > url="http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/default/site"; > f = urllib.urlopen(url) > s = f.read() > return s > > I have to login again even though I am logged in on my computer. So > the question is, can I somehow add the 'context' to s so that it > recognises that I am already logged in? > > I am using web2py's admin as an example, but the solution should work > for any website. > Are you saying you want to programmatically login to a website and then retrieve a particular page that requires a login on that site? Look into urllib2: http://docs.python.org/howto/urllib2.html. I think it's pretty easy if the site supports basic authentication, otherwise a little more complex (requires posting form data and managing cookies).
Anthony
