FW: [Tutor] Writing a web bot.

Rod Roark rod@sunsetsystems.com
Fri, 7 Jul 2000 18:12:53 -0700


HTTP doesn't work that way.  The server is going to kill the connection
after responding to each request.

-- Rod
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On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> It appears I have found myself in a position
> where I could use some help.
> 
> The task I am trying to perform is write an
> internet bot.  I was going to use urllib for
> this project however one of the requirements
> is for the connection to be continuous during
> the session.  
> 
> Connect to a site.
> Get page, parse.
> Get another page, parse.
> use POST method, get another page, parse.
> Disconnect from the site.
> 
> The connection is not supposed to be dropped
> between the requests.
> 
> Is there a simple way to do this task???
> 
> thanks.