mechanize, how send forms?

[Kowalski]

from mechanize import Browser

br = Browser()
br.open("http://www.google.com") #example

for form in br.forms():
print form

br.select_form(name="f")
br["q"] = "Blah"

#???
#response1=br.submit()
#???

 

[Paul McGuire]

from mechanize import Browser

br = Browser()
br.open("http://www.google.com") #example

for form in br.forms():
print form

br.select_form(name="f")
br["q"] = "Blah"

#???
#response1=br.submit()
#???

Check out twill, it puts a wrapper around mechanize to make this kind of
thing pretty easy.

-- Paul

 

[Duncan Booth]

from mechanize import Browser

br = Browser()
br.open("http://www.google.com") #example

for form in br.forms():
print form

br.select_form(name="f")
br["q"] = "Blah"

#???
#response1=br.submit()
#???

Google publish an api for searching. Use that instead of trying to spoof
the web interface.