Getting a 401 from requests.get, but not when logging in via the browser.

[Dieter Maurer]

dcwhatthe at gmail.com wrote at 2020-4-20 14:48 -0700:
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>I tried telneting the landing page, i.e. without the specific node that requires the login.  So e.g.
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>Telnet thissite.oh.gov 80
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>, but it returns a 400 Bad Request.  Before that, the Telnet screen is completely blank ; I have to press a key before it returns the Bad Request.
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>Roger on knowing what the site is asking for.  But I don't know how to determine that.

I use `wget -S` to learn about server responses.
I has the advantage (over `telnet`) to know the HTTP protocl.