using python to post data to a form

[Littlefield, Tyler]

 >Sending POST data can be done as follows (I'm changing bar=foo to
Thanks for this, and the links.

On 4/4/2011 12:24 AM, Chris Rebert wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Littlefield, Tyler<tyler at tysdomain.com>  wrote:
>> Hello:
>> I have some data that needs to be fed through a html form to get validated
>> and processed and the like. How can I use python to send data through that
>> form, given a specific url? the form says it uses post, but I"m not really
>> sure what the difference is.
> They're different HTTP request methods:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol#Request_methods
>
> The key upshot in this case is that GET requests place the parameters
> in the URL itself, whereas POST requests place them in the body of the
> request.
>
>> would it just be:
>> http://mysite.com/bla.php?foo=bar&bar=foo?
> No, that would be using GET.
>
>> If so, how do I do that with python?
> Sending POST data can be done as follows (I'm changing bar=foo to
> bar=qux for greater clarity):
>
> from urllib import urlopen, urlencode
>
> form_data = {'foo' : 'bar', 'bar' : 'qux'}
> encoded_data = urlencode(form_data)
> try:
>      # 2nd argument to urlopen() is the POST data to send, if any
>      f = urlopen('http://mysite.com/bla.php', encoded_data)
>      result = f.read()
> finally:
>      f.close()
>
> Relevant docs:
> http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
> --
> http://blog.rebertia.com
>


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Thanks,
Ty