#!/usr/bin/env python3 from __future__ import print_function import sys from mechanize import Browser, urljoin, urlopen if len(sys.argv) == 1: uri = "http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/" else: uri = sys.argv[1] br = Browser() br.open(urljoin(uri, "mechanize/example.html")) form = next(br.forms()) form = br.forms[0] print(form) form["comments"] = "Thanks, Gisle" # form.click() returns a mechanize.Request object # (see HTMLForm.click.__doc__ if you want to use only the forms support, and # not the rest of mechanize) print(urlopen(form.click()).read())