Discussion:
Can I log in stackoverflow.com using mechanize?
Radek Simcik
2012-09-08 13:03:28 UTC
Permalink
Hi

I am trying to log into stackoverflow.com using mechanize but I cannot make
it work. Is it even possible?

Thank you

Radek
Benjamin Manns
2012-09-08 23:26:46 UTC
Permalink
You may be running into trouble if you are trying to connect from an Amazon
EC2 instance. StackOverflow blocks requests from IP addresses assigned to
Amazon EC2 to prevent scraping abuse.

If that's not your issue, some code and any error messages that you are
running into would be helpful.

Ben
Post by Radek Simcik
Hi
I am trying to log into stackoverflow.com using mechanize but I cannot
make it work. Is it even possible?
Thank you
Radek
_______________________________________________
Mechanize-users mailing list
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mechanize-users
--
Benjamin Manns
***@gmail.com
(434) 321-8324
Loading...