python - HTML processing - need tips

[wipit]

I figured it out... Just turned the POST request into a GET to see what
was getting appended to the URL - thanks Gabe!

Gabriel Genellina wrote:
> At Monday 7/8/2006 20:58, wipit wrote:
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> >I need to process a HTML form in python. I'm using urllib2 and
> >HTMLParser to handle the html. There are several steps I need to take
> >to get to the specific page on the relevant site the first of which is
> >to log in with a username/password. The html code that processes the
> >login consists of 2 edit boxes (for User ID and Password) and a Submit
> >button which uses ASP.net client side validation as follows (formatted
> >for clarity):
>
> Another approach would be using HTTPDebugger
> <http://www.softx.org/debugger.html> to see exactly what gets
> submitted, and then build a compatible Request.
> On many sites you don't even need to *get* the login page -nor parse
> it-, just posting the right Request is enough to log in successfully.
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> Gabriel Genellina
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