Python Requests and persistent sessions
I am using the requests module (version 0.10.0 with Python 2.5). I have figured out how to submit data to a login form on a website and retrieve the session key, but I can't see an obvious way to use this session key in subsequent requests. Can someone fill in the ellipsis in the code below or suggest another approach?
>>> import requests
>>> login_data = {'formPosted':'1', 'login_email':'[email protected]', 'password':'pw'}
>>> r = requests.post('https://localhost/login.py', login_data)
>>>
>>> r.text
u'You are being redirected <a href="profilePage?_ck=1349394964">here</a>'
>>> r.cookies
{'session_id_myapp': '127-0-0-1-825ff22a-6ed1-453b-aebc-5d3cf2987065'}
>>>
>>> r2 = requests.get('https://localhost/profile_data.json', ...)
Answer
You can easily create a persistent session using:
s = requests.Session()
After that, continue with your requests as you would:
s.post('https://localhost/login.py', login_data)
#logged in! cookies saved for future requests.
r2 = s.get('https://localhost/profile_data.json', ...)
#cookies sent automatically!
#do whatever, s will keep your cookies intact :)
For more about sessions: https://requests.kennethreitz.org/en/master/user/advanced/#session-objects