example.py

"""Example app to login to GitHub using the StatefulBrowser class."""

from __future__ import print_function
import argparse
import mechanicalsoup
from getpass import getpass

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Login to GitHub.")
parser.add_argument("username")
args = parser.parse_args()

args.password = getpass("Please enter your GitHub password: ")

browser = mechanicalsoup.StatefulBrowser(soup_config={'features': 'lxml'})
# Uncomment for a more verbose output:
# browser.set_verbose(2)

browser.open("https://github.com")
browser.follow_link("login")
browser.select_form('#login form')
browser["login"] = args.username
browser["password"] = args.password
resp = browser.submit_selected()

# Uncomment to launch a web browser on the current page:
# browser.launch_browser()

# verify we are now logged in
page = browser.get_current_page()
messages = page.find("div", class_="flash-messages")
if messages:
    print(messages.text)
assert page.select(".logout-form")

print(page.title.text)

# verify we remain logged in (thanks to cookies) as we browse the rest of
# the site
page3 = browser.open("https://github.com/hickford/MechanicalSoup")
assert page3.soup.select(".logout-form")