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  • dpoehls
    #1

    logging into secure website with script

    Hello there,

    I am new to python, and shell scriping in general..I have done quite a
    bit of php, but that it about it. Anyhow, I am wondering if it would be
    possible to write a python script that would login to a password
    enabled site (qmailadmin) and then be able to add a new account. I
    imagine it could be done by accessing the website and then it would
    send POSTs to the website? If this makes no sense, I apologize, just
    wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. Thanks ahead
    of time!

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    • James Stroud
      #2
      Re: logging into secure website with script

      dpoehls wrote:[color=blue]
      > Hello there,
      >
      > I am new to python, and shell scriping in general..I have done quite a
      > bit of php, but that it about it. Anyhow, I am wondering if it would be
      > possible to write a python script that would login to a password
      > enabled site (qmailadmin) and then be able to add a new account. I
      > imagine it could be done by accessing the website and then it would
      > send POSTs to the website? If this makes no sense, I apologize, just
      > wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. Thanks ahead
      > of time!
      >[/color]

      Spend some time perusing this code:

      http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/302930


      It helped me with a similar problem. I'm not sure if it works for https.

      If the form is using POST to "hide" the login, just suck the web page
      and change POST to GET. Then use your sucked webpage and submit your
      login from it. You will then see the fields (separated by "+"s and the
      values, separated from the fields by "="s). Use the fields and values to
      populate the "txdata" dictionary in the example using urllib.urlencod e
      (an example is in the discussion).

      James

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        • Fuzzyman
          #3
          Re: logging into secure website with script


          dpoehls wrote:[color=blue]
          > Hello there,
          >
          > I am new to python, and shell scriping in general..I have done quite a
          > bit of php, but that it about it. Anyhow, I am wondering if it would be
          > possible to write a python script that would login to a password
          > enabled site (qmailadmin) and then be able to add a new account. I
          > imagine it could be done by accessing the website and then it would
          > send POSTs to the website? If this makes no sense, I apologize, just
          > wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. Thanks ahead
          > of time![/color]

          You should use urllib2 to fetch URLs. See :

          http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/a.../urllib2.shtml

          urllib2 will also allow you to do POST.

          How you handle the password depends on whether it is by a form, or by
          basic authentication. For basic authentication see :

          http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/a...tication.shtml

          If it is through a form, you can use ClientForm. Alternatively just
          manually do the POST from urllib2. You may want to use
          ClientCookie/cookielib for (automatic) cookie handling :

          http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/a...ookielib.shtml

          All the best,

          Fuzzyman
          http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml

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