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POPython mechanize - form submission - selecting the correct form
 

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    <p>Trying to use Python mechanize to log in to a webpage. Since I have a problem with finding the correct form, instead of posting the URL (which the code might change) I will copy some of the code here for future users. I read <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8570920/submitting-forms-with-mechanize-python">this</a>, but there didn't seem too be a definitive answer.</p> <p>Anyways, I did everything with mechanize in <a href="http://stockrt.github.com/p/emulating-a-browser-in-python-with-mechanize/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this tutorial</a> up until where I am getting the forms.</p> <p>When I call:</p> <pre><code>for form in br.forms(): print form </code></pre> <p>I get back:</p> <pre><code>POST https://www.myexample.com/x-www-form-urlencoded HiddenControl(utf8=✓) (readonly) HiddenControl(authenticity_token=BfqPL1ilOXeg08Or/CEBAiK4duWgncY= CheckboxControl(affiliate[remember_me]=[1]) </code></pre> <p>Looking at the raw HTML I see:</p> <pre><code>&lt;label for="affiliate_email"&gt;Email&lt;./label&gt; &lt;.input autofocus="autofocus" id="affiliate_email" name="affiliate[email]" size="30" type="email" /&gt; </code></pre> <p>However, when I try to select the email field I get a form not found error.</p> <pre><code>br.select_form(name="affiliate[email]") # updated to br.select_form(nr=0) # Now what do I do here to enter something into that form? br.form['someIDhere']='myEmail@example.com' </code></pre> <p>I have also tried using the form ID, and many other possible form names. I don't understand why printing the forms with br.forms() returns those strange results, does this mean the site is using javascript for login forms?</p> <p>Thank you in advance!</p>
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