Getting a file from an authenticated site (with python urllib, urllib2)
I'm trying to get a queried-excel file from a site. When I enter the direct link, it will lead to a login page and once I've entered my username and password, it will proceed to download the excel file automatically. I am trying to avoid installing additional module that's not part of the standard python (This script will be running on a "standardize machine" and it won't work if the module is not installed) I've tried the following but I see a "page login" information in the excel file itself :-| import urllib url = "myLink_queriedResult/result.xls" urllib.urlretrieve(url,"C:\\test.xls") SO..