Log into Facebook

gistfile1.txt

"""
Use BeautifulSoup to log into Facebook from the Terminal
"""

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

url = 'https://www.facebook.com/login.php'

# Get the login page
r = requests.get(url)

# Parse the HTML
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'html.parser')

# Find the login form
form = soup.find('form', {'id': 'login_form'})

# Get the form action
form_action = form.get('action')

# Get the form fields
form_fields = {}
for field in form.find_all('input'):
    form_fields[field.get('name')] = field.get('value')

# Set the email and password
form_fields['email'] = '<your email>'
form_fields['pass'] = '<your password>'

# Post the form
r = requests.post(form_action, data=form_fields)

# Get the home page
r = requests.get('https://www.facebook.com/')

# Print the home page
print(r.text)