Python Scripts to logon to websites

[Tomi Kyöstilä]

BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> New to Python and Programming. Trying to make scripts that will open
> sites and automatically log me on.
[snip]
> Does anyone have a simple example of a script that opens, say, gmail or
> some other commonly accessed site that requires a username and password
> so that I can see how one is made?

I see your example uses HTTP authentication, but I still recommend 
checking out mechanoid [1] if you want to access a site with a 
form-based login system. The source contains an example that retreives 
and sends email through Yahoo.

[1] http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/mechanoid/

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