google-login

Here's a simple python script that logs in to your Google account and saves the cookies that you can then use with curl, python-requests or whatever.

Dependencies

We use buildout to handle all the dependencies. Just run:

python bootstrap.py
./bin/buildout
export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH

Example

Put your Google credentials in your $HOME/.netrc file:

machine google.com login example@gmail.com password examplepassword

Then run the following command on the command line:

./bin/python googlelogin.py --url http://gmail.com cookies.txt

Next, use that cookies.txt with curl, wget or whatever.

Why didn't you create a normal python package on pypi?

I use selenium and phantomjs for the Google login which requires nodejs so a pure python solution wouldn't work. Instead of a standard python egg installable via pip, I use buildout.