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		triplenineteen on Oct 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? If authentication is cookie-based, you can use a Session object in python requests: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#ses.... If it uses http basic auth, it's even easier: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/authenticatio... Requests is a fantastic library.

mrguyorama on Oct 12, 2017 [–]

Thanks for the links! The harddrive in my server died recently so I haven't had a chance to get it up and running again yet, but I will definitely update the script once I do!

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