Can python mechanize handle HTTP auth?
mechanize, python
Solution
Mechanize claims that the parameters should be uri, username and password as parameters, but you have four parameters. Four parameters are correct for urllib2.add_password, but then the first parameter should be the realm, not the uri.
http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/
I'd try to change that first.
Does trac require digest? if not a next step could be to try using basic auth, as a test to see if that works, since you can add that with just addHeader:
import base64
from mechanize import Browser
browser = Browser()
browser.addheaders.append(('Authorization', 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (user, pwd))))
Problem
Mechanize (Python) is failing with 401 for me to open http digest URLs. I googled and tried debugging but no success. My code looks like this. ``` import mechanize project = "test" baseurl = "http://trac.somewhere.net" loginurl = "%s/%s/login" % (baseurl, project) b = mechanize.Browser() b.add_password(baseurl, "user", "secret", "some Realm") b.open(loginurl) ```