Mechanize is a great tool for web ressources access . It simulates a web browser. This library is part of zope.testbrowser so if you have zope.testbrowser you have mechanize.
A little exemple : login in a plone portal
## first log to portal
>>> br = mechanize.Browser()
>>> br.open(‘http://localhost:8080/plone/login_form’)
>>> br.forms()[0].find_control(‘__ac_name’) = ‘admin’
>>> br.forms()[0].find_control(‘__ac_password’) = ‘admin’
>>> br.open(br.forms()[0].click())
<response_seek_wrapper …
>>> ‘admin’ in br._response.read()
True
And as you can simulate navigation zope.testbrowser by clicking on links,submit forms … A handy tool to perform operations on the tedious zmi.
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