Urllib/httplib and cookies

[Doug Fort]

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Lad wrote:



> Hi,

> Does UrlLib (any other)module support cookies? An example is

> mail.yahoo.com where I must first sign-in and then cookies are return

> for this session and only then I can read my mails.

> Thanks for help.

> Ladislav

> 



Cookies are just HTTP headers, urllib and httplib don't get involved at 

that level. There's a 'Cookie' module in the Python library. It's for 

server-side cookie handling, which I don't think you're interested in. 

However, it's worth reading. I've attached the code we use for cookies at 

www.stressmy.com.

-- 

Doug Fort <dougfort at dougfort.net>

http://www.dougfort.net
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