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If authentication is cookie-based, you can use a Session object in python requests: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#session-objects 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/authentication/#basic-authentication http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/authenticatio... Requests is a fantastic library.