Recommended way to POST with cookies?

[Laszlo Nagy]

Gilles Ganault wrote:
> Hello
>
> 	According to Google, there seems to be several tools available,
> possibly deprecated, to download data from web pages by POSTing forms
> and save cookies to maintain state.
>
> I need to write a script under Windows with ActivePython 2.5.1.1  that
> would do this:
> 1. Connect through a local proxy, so I can see the whole dialog
> between the Python script and the web server
> 2. POST form variables
> 3. Save cookies sent by the server (session cookie to keep state)
> 4. Save received data into an SQLite file
>
> Which tools would you recommend for this type of script?
>   
Within a day this is the second request for a browser emulator. Looks 
like many pepole want this.

I just posted a recipe that you can try:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/572202


Best,

Laszlo