Python: urllib/urllib2/httplib confusion

Question

I\'m trying to test the functionality of a web app by scripting a login sequence in Python, but I\'m having some troubles.

Here\'s what I need to do:

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Answer 1

Besides the fact that you may be missing a cookie, there might be some field(s) in the form that you are not POSTing to the webserver. The best way would be to capture the actual POST from a web browser. You can use LiveHTTPHeaders or WireShark to snoop the traffic and mimic the same behaviour in your script.