Why does Python (with twill) not want to log me in to a Yahoo mail box here?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3615355
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26-09-2019 - |
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Can anyone, please, explain to me what's going on here. It seems that Python refuses to work (with twill) when I am trying to log in to my mailbox on Yahoo:
Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Dec 23 2008, 15:10:54) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
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IDLE 1.2.4
>>> import twill
>>> twill.shell.main()
-= Welcome to twill! =-
current page: *empty page*
>> go http://us.yahoo.com
==> at http://us.yahoo.com
current page: http://us.yahoo.com
>> follow Mail
==> at https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ym
current page: https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ym
>> showforms
Form name=login_form (#1)
## ## __Name__________________ __Type___ __ID________ __Value__________________
1 .tries hidden (None) 1
2 .src hidden (None) ym
3 .md5 hidden (None)
4 .hash hidden (None)
5 .js hidden (None)
6 .last hidden (None)
7 promo hidden (None)
8 .intl hidden (None) us
9 .bypass hidden (None)
10 .partner hidden (None)
11 .u hidden (None) 68gre5567rq16
12 .v hidden (None) 0
13 .challenge hidden (None) 9wKUoOWDdP5Fho0kPfqPKEhPZBdK
14 .yplus hidden (None)
15 .emailCode hidden (None)
16 pkg hidden (None)
17 stepid hidden (None)
18 .ev hidden (None)
19 hasMsgr hidden (None) 0
20 .chkP hidden (None) Y
21 .done hidden (None) http://mail.yahoo.com
22 .pd hidden (None) ym_ver=0&c=&ivt=&sg=
23 pad hidden pad 6
24 aad hidden aad 6
25 login text username
26 passwd password passwd
27 .persistent checkbox persistent [] of ['y']
28 1 .save submi ... .save
current page: https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ym
>> fv 1 login *****************
current page: https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ym
>> fv 1 passwd ***************
current page: https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ym
>> submit
Note: submit is using submit button: name=".save", value=""
Following HTTP-EQUIV=REFRESH to http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=b3a02cc8lb0aa
current page: http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=b3a02cc8lb0aa
>> info
Page information:
URL: http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=b3a02cc8lb0aa
HTTP code: 200
Content type: text/html; charset=utf-8 (HTML)
Page title: Yahoo! Mail
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
twill.shell.main()
File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\shell.py", line 383, in main
shell.cmdloop(welcome_msg)
File "C:\Python25\lib\cmd.py", line 142, in cmdloop
stop = self.onecmd(line)
File "C:\Python25\lib\cmd.py", line 219, in onecmd
return func(arg)
File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\shell.py", line 42, in do_cmd
print '\nERROR: %s\n' % (str(e),)
File "C:\Python25\lib\HTMLParser.py", line 59, in __str__
result = self.msg
AttributeError: 'ParseError' object has no attribute 'msg'
>>>
Update 1:
(this update is my answer to Robus)
Hello, Robus!!!
First of all, I assume it was a typo when You wrote:
Here's what I did: Went to C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\twill-0.9-py2.6.egg\twill\other_packages\
I think You meant this path: "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\twill\other_packages". Otherwise, I can't see any such folder/directory there named "twill-0.9-py2.6.egg" - there is only a file with this name (the one that I think was downloaded during the installation of mechanize.) Please tell me if my assumption is wrong - I may well be not seeing something very obvious here as I am just a newbie.
So, following Your instructions, I did this:
I found "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\other_packages_mechanize_dist" on my computer (as You can see, I don't have python26, but rather python 25 installed - that might also be a problem)
Changed its name to "_mechanize_dist_backup" (the full path now being "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\other_packages_mechanize_dist_backup")
Copied my downloaded and unzipped "mechanize-0.2.2" into "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\other_packages" (the full path being "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\other_packages\mechanize-0.2.2")
Changed its name to "_mechanize_dist" (the full path being "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\other_packages_mechanize_dist")
Copied "ClientForm" file from "_mechanize_dist_backup" and pasted it in "_mechanize_dist" (in fact, I found two files there named "ClientForm": one is a python file, another one is a compiled python file - I copied and pasted both of them).
Having done that, I tried running all those commands and got stuck at the very beginning - I couldn't even import twill now:
IDLE 1.2.4
>>> import twill
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
import twill
File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\__init__.py", line 52, in <module>
from shell import TwillCommandLoop
File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\shell.py", line 9, in <module>
from twill import commands, parse, __version__
File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\twill\commands.py", line 7, in <module>
import _mechanize_dist as mechanize
ImportError: No module named _mechanize_dist
It seems that the system doesn't recognize the newly-created "_mechanize_dist".
Could it be because I have Python 25 instead of Python 26? Or, perhaps, there is some other reason?
Solution
The problem lies in Mechanize. You need the newest version
su
git clone git://github.com/jjlee/mechanize.git
cd mechanize
python setup.py install
