Logging into a website using Python Requests

Question

I am new to Python and I'm trying to log into a website using the Requests module and print out some of my account information. See code below :

import requests

username = 'myusername'
password = 'mypassword'
URL = 'https://www.mmoga.com/login.php'
payload = {'email_address': username, 'password': password}

session = requests.session()
r = requests.post(URL, data=payload)
account = session.get('https://www.mmoga.com/shopping_cart.php')
print account.content

Do I also have to add headers to the requests.post?

When I look at the html source I am seeing

<div class="boxHeading">
  <a href="mmoga.com/login.php"; title="- My Account -">- My Account -</a>
</div>

however I should be seeing

<div class="boxHeading">
  <a href="mmoga.com/account.php"; title="- My Account -">- My Account -</a>
</div>

Could you let us know what response you get, and how it was different from your expectations? — Eric Wilson
– Eric Wilson, Commented Oct 16, 2015 at 13:05
Have you read this ... docs.python-requests.org/en/v2.0-0/user/authentication — jcfollower
– jcfollower, Commented Oct 16, 2015 at 13:07
@EricWilson When I look at the html source I am seeing <div class="boxHeading"><a href="mmoga.com/login.php" title="- My Account -">- My Account -</a></div> however I should be seeing <div class="boxHeading"><a href="mmoga.com/account.php" title="- My Account -">- My Account -</a></div> — Martin
– Martin, Commented Oct 16, 2015 at 13:11

mhawke · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-16 13:22:05Z

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When posting the the login form on that page you also need to pass a query string with a "get" parameter named action:

import requests

username = 'myusername'
password = 'mypassword'
URL = 'https://www.mmoga.com/login.php'
payload = {'email_address': username, 'password': password}
params = {'action': 'process'}

session = requests.session()
r = session.post(URL, data=payload, params=params)
account = session.get('https://www.mmoga.com/shopping_cart.php')
print account.content

That should fix the login problem. Also, the session is not being used during login, so you should use session.post() as shown above.

answered Oct 16, 2015 at 13:22

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Stephane Martin · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-16 13:14:07Z

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Looking at https://www.mmoga.com the login URL seems to be: https://www.mmoga.com/login.php?action=process
i think you should use the session object for the POST too, so that credential cookies are actually stored in it

r = session.post(URL, data=payload)

answered Oct 16, 2015 at 13:14

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