Question

My python program basically submits a form by loading a URL. There is a security code that seems to change every second so that you have to actually be on the website to enter the form.

For example,

http://www.locationary.com/prizes/index.jsp?ACTION_TOKEN=index_jsp$JspView$BetAction&inTickets=125000000&inSecureCode=091823021&inCampaignId=3060745

The only solution I can think of is using something like Selenium…I don’t know any other way of kind of simulating a web browser but not really having it be as heavy and slow as a web browser…any ideas? Or is there a way I can do this without browser automation?

EDIT:

Response to first answer: I DID get the security code using urllib…the problem is that it seems to already have changed by the time I try to load my submission url…so I’m just guessing/assuming that you have to do it in realtime…

Answer 1

Yes, you’ll need to get the security code programmatically since it changes every time. You can do this manually with urllib, or you can use mechanize or Selenium to make things easier.