How to script client-side HTTP transactions?
Steve Purcell
stephen_purcell at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 2 03:20:38 EDT 2001
Ramon Felciano wrote:
> I'm trying automate a set of HTTP client-side steps via a Python script. The
> problem I'm running into is handling *client-side* cookies. In particular,
> the flow of events I want is something like this:
>
> 1. Generate a POST to the server login form
> 2. Server returns an OK and sets a cookie (e.g. username + password)
> 3. Generate a POST to the server main form, including any cookies needed
> 4. Second post completes successfully.
I'm working on a library for this. It's early days yet, but take a look at
WebUnit:
http://webunit.sourceforge.net/
There's some code there that may be useful to you.
-Steve
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