Need more mechanize documentation (python)

Question

I'm having a really hard time finding a good comprehensive source for Mechanize's documentation. Even the main documentation on mechanize's site isn't really that great: it only seems to list examples.

Is there a more formal place for documentation where I can see lists of classes and methods for this module? I'm a bit new to python, so maybe there's a simple answer for this.

More specifically I need a good source of information for mechanize.Browser(), which I've only been able to find information on through random questions on Stack Overflow.

jsh · Answer 1 · 2017-08-10T16:45:05.643

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UPDATED: How about https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize

prior answer: A google search turned up the below, courtesy of one Joe. He parsed the source through pydoc and posted the generated results. Nice one, Joe. http://joesourcecode.com/Documentation/mechanize0.2.5/ http://joesourcecode.com/Documentation/mechanize0.2.5/mechanize._mechanize.Browser-class.html

edited Aug 10 '17 at 16:45

answered May 06 '13 at 15:43

jsh

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Downvoters, it's not my fault links in a post from 4 years ago no longer work. – jsh Aug 10 '17 at 16:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '12 at 08:24

If you're not happy with mechanize's site, then I'm afraid the best you can do is look at the examples you've found or at the code from the library ifself.

Regarding mechanize.Browser if you take a look at the code, then you'll see:

class Browser(UserAgentBase):
class UserAgentBase(_opener.OpenerDirector):
class OpenerDirector(urllib2.OpenerDirector):

So, for starters, you can assume that a mechanize.Browser object is just a specialized urllib2.OpenerDirector.

Need more mechanize documentation (python)

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