Re: cannot download mbox with python

On 07/12/2023 17:39, Pierre Forstmann wrote:
> I've tried this:
>
> import requests
> from urllib.parse import urlparse
>
> url = 'https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgsql-bugs/mbox/pgsql-bugs.202312'
> #response = requests.get(url, auth=('xxx','yyy'))
> session = requests.session()
> session.auth = ('xxx','yyy')
> response = session.get(url)
> print('status: ' + str(response.status_code))
> print('... done')
> print(response.content)

The session.auth is still doing a basic http auth, not what you need here.

Try opening your link in a browser in an anonymous window:

https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgsql-bugs/mbox/pgsql-bugs.202312

It redirects you to the login, you need to emulate that path in your script,
login into the website and then you can retrieve the mbox.

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