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I'm writing a python script that scrapes a website, where the website uses OpenID auth to identify me via google.

Is there a python library that will handle do this for me, or do I need to find out and replicate the steps that my browser already does?

Otherwise, is there some standard way of doing this in some other language?

acrophobia
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  • Hi there, could you provide a detailed solution if you have any? It's not that obvious to me how to proceed. Thanks. – neydroydrec Aug 27 '11 at 13:46

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From the client's perspective, an OpenID login is very similar to any other web-based login. There isn't a defined protocol for the client; it is an ordinary web session that varies based on your OpenID provider. For this reason, I doubt that any such libraries exist. You will probably have to code it yourself.

Jeremy
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  • Hi there. Would it be possible to get more details? I know how to log on to Gmail with Python and urllib2, but I don't see how logging into eg. StackOverflow is possible using that same account. Thanks. – neydroydrec Aug 27 '11 at 13:22