mechanize python XE #2
def get_browser(self):
'''Returns a mechanize.Browser object configured with the framework's global options.'''
br = mechanize.Browser()
# set the user-agent header
br.addheaders = [('User-agent', self._global_options['user-agent'])]
# set debug options
if self._global_options['verbosity'] >= 2:
br.set_debug_http(True)
br.set_debug_redirects(True)
br.set_debug_responses(True)
# set proxy
if self._global_options['proxy']:
br.set_proxies({'http': self._global_options['proxy'], 'https': self._global_options['proxy']})
# additional settings
br.set_handle_robots(False)
# set timeout
socket.setdefaulttimeout(self._global_options['timeout'])
return br