How to apply the user's HTML environment in a Python programme?

[Joel Goldstick]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:57 AM, BobAalsma <overhaalsgang_24_bob at me.com> wrote:
> I'd like to write a programme that will be offered as a web service (Django), in which the user will point to a specific URL and the programme will be used to read the text of that URL.
>
> This text can be behind a username/password, but for several reasons, I don't want to know those.
>
> So I would like to set up a situation where the user logs in (if/when appropriate), points out the URL to my programme and my programme would then be able to read that particular text.
>
> I'm aware this may sound fishy. It should not be: I want the user to be fully aware and in control of this process.
>
> Any thoughts on how to approach this?

There are several python modules to get web pages.  urllib, urllib2
and another called requests.
(http://kennethreitz.com/requests-python-http-module.html)  Check
those out
>
> Best regards,
> Bob
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Joel Goldstick