web scrapping - POST and auto-login

[james <at> hal-pc.org]

Jonathan Ellis wrote:
> "james <at> hal-pc.org" wrote:
> 
>>   I'm trying to update the WEP key on a wireless router via script and
>>email the results to myself.  this will be run once a week.
> 
> 
> Look up Mechanize (http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/) or the
> more low-level ClientForm by the same author.  This will be _much_
> easier than doing it by hand.
> 
> -Jonathan
> 

what's the fun in that though? :)
actually, i was just looking at that site, which is where i came across 
ClientForm.  i think it's getting confused..  picks up "save_button", but lists 
it as "<IgnoreControl(save_button"=<None>)>"

the stray " is from:
<script>document.write("<input type=button name=save_button" + " value=\".....

if i can just get it to see that correctly, then i think i can make it work from 
there.  any ideas on that?