How to “log in” to a website using Python's Requests module?

Question

I am trying to post a request to log in to a website using the Requests module in Python but its not really working. I\'m new to this...so I can\'t figure out if I should ma

Answer 1

If the information you want is on the page you are directed to immediately after login...

Lets call your ck variable payload instead, like in the python-requests docs:

payload = {'inUserName': 'USERNAME/EMAIL', 'inUserPass': 'PASSWORD'}
url = 'http://www.locationary.com/home/index2.jsp'
requests.post(url, data=payload)

Otherwise...

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/17633072/111362 below.