Browser simulation - Python

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Published on 2010-04-02T16:16:12Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 16:23 UTC
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Hi folks,

I need to access a few HTML pages through a Python script, problem is that I need COOKIE functionality, therefore a simple urllib HTTP request won't work.

Any ideas?

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