Automated login script in python

Question

I'm trying to create a python script that helps me to login into my gmail account when run. I took a quick look at the gmail login page and it was like 2000 lines. Most of it was css and some script. What i want is the script to contain my login details and send them when ran.

The problem here is that your browser is being sent a session cookie that will authenticate it once you've entered the correct credentials. Even if you managed to write a python script, you'd have to inject that cookie into your browser to authenticate yourself there too. — Nils Werner
– Nils Werner, Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 9:43
Tnx for the reply. I dont need to authenticate myself in the browser. I dont have the need for a browser at this point. I just want to check wether the details i sent are correct. Is that possible? — Nwaiwu Gilbert
– Nwaiwu Gilbert, Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 9:50
Check out the form, pick the action and method attributes and fill the input fields manually, should be doable I guess... — Nils Werner
– Nils Werner, Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 10:03
What do you want to do exactly? Login your usual browser through a script? Test that login/pwd are ok? Connect to gmail and programmatically do stuff with your emails? — lajarre
– lajarre, Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 10:40
@lajarre: I want to confirm that the login details are correct. That is the part that interests me the most for now — Nwaiwu Gilbert
– Nwaiwu Gilbert, Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 18:53

lajarre · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-04 18:16:24Z

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import smtplib
# Set connection. This has to be using TLS
connection = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
# Say hello, god knows why
connection.ehlo()
# Start TLS session
connection.starttls()
# Try to login with email/pwd
connection.login('[email protected]', 'mypwd')
# Close it
connection.close()

edited Sep 4, 2013 at 18:16

answered Sep 4, 2013 at 8:13

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