create local html files from a site behind login using python

gistfile1.py

'''
Example htmldump_config.py:

    url = "http://localhost:5000"
    login = "admin@adeprimo.se"
    password = "app161770"
    
    def pages_to_validate():  
    pages = [
        # event registration
        ('event-start', '/events/start/'),
        ('event-form', '/events/create'),
        ('events', '/events'),
        ('event-edit', '/events/view/'),
    
    return pages
'''
import mechanize
import re
from htmldump_config import pages_to_validate, url, login, password

url = url + "%s"
filepattern = "../static/htmldumps/%s.html"

print "creating fake browser env"
br = mechanize.Browser()
print "--- done"
print "logging in as admin"
br.open(url % "/login")
br.select_form(nr=0)
br["email"] = login
br["password"] = password
br.submit() 
print "--- now logged in as %s" % login

def htmldump(name, doc):
    with open(filepattern % name, "w") as f:
        f.write(doc)
        f.close()

def begin_download(pages):
    for filename, url_path in pages:
        print "downloading: %s" % url_path
        print "         to: %s.html" % filename
        response = br.open(url % url_path)
        htmldump(filename, response.read())

pages = pages_to_validate()

begin_download(pages)