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Asked: 2026-06-12T06:53:52+00:00

I am using the requests module . I have figured out how to submit

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I am using the requests module.
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': 'me@example.com', 'password': 'pw'}
>>> r = requests.post('https://localhost/login.py', login_data)
>>> 
>>> r.text
'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', ...)
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  1. Editorial Team

    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.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/advanced/#session-objects

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