I need to write a python script that will automatically log into a website and retrieve a URL once it has logged in. I already know how to fetch the html of a page, but how do I make the script log into the page first?
On the page I want to login, the "Login" button does this:
You could use the urllib or urllib2 modules for this task I assume but you could also start from scratch using pure sockets. You would need to learn HTTP Protocol for this and simulate what messages a webbrowser sends to the server hosting the website for the user and password boxes.
