[Tutor] Logging In To Forum

[Kent Johnson]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Alex Krycek <agent.krycek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to have my script log in to a vBulletin forum. My script does
> seem to do this (as I can check my control panel, etc.). But although I can
> get access to my account, the forum fails to update the date when I last
> visited. That date updates just fine when I do it manually through a
> browser. I was wondering if I was maybe messing something up with cookies.
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

You might try actually reading the response data with response.read().
Otherwise you should look closely at the interaction with the browser;
you need to mimic that. Firebug and other browser tools can help.

Kent