[Tutor] getting a webpage via python

[Kent Johnson]

Kent Johnson wrote:
> Paul Tremblay wrote:
> 
>> So I just make a file called /etc/router_passwords  and include
>> something like
>> WRT54G username password
>>
>> Then parse the file, and supply the info to the password handler? This
>> is easy to do, and I guess it is secure. 

The book "Foundations of Python Network Programming" has a sample program that uses a custom 
urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgr to ask the user for the username and password, maybe you would like to use that?

The examples can be downloaded from the book Web site at
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=363

Look for the one called dump_info_auth.py

Kent