Simple script to convert a HTTP post data copied from the Tamper Data Firefox extension into Python code that can be used in a script using the mechanize library.

gistfile2.txt

tamper2py.py

"""
Convert post data copied from the Tamper Data Firefox extension into Python
code for use with mechanize.

Usage: tamper2.py post_data.txt post_data.py br
"""

import sys
import re

def split_long_string(s):
    def chunks(l, n):
        return [l[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(l), n)]

    return_s = "'%s'" % (s)
    if len(s) > 79:
        return_s = "(\n"
        for chunk in chunks(s, 79):
            return_s = return_s + "'%s'\n" % chunk
        return_s = return_s + "\n)\n"
    return return_s 

def print_form_dictionary(dict_name, key, value):
    return "%s['%s'] = %s\n" % (dict_name, key, split_long_string(value))

# Main
input_filename = sys.argv[1]
output_filename = sys.argv[2]
dict_name = sys.argv[3]

input_file = open(input_filename)
output_file = open(output_filename, 'w')
for line in input_file.readlines():
    if re.match('\S+', line):
        parts = line.split('=', 1)
        key = ''
        value = ''
        if len(parts) > 0:
            key = parts[0]
        if len(parts) > 1:
            value = parts[1].strip()
        output_file.write(print_form_dictionary(dict_name, key, value)) 
 
input_file.close()
output_file.close()