marathon.py

import mechanize
import socket
import sys
import urllib2
from HTMLParser import HTMLParser

rd = 
pm = 
cr = 
user_name = ''
password = ''

class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):
    flag = bool()
    def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
        if len(attrs) > 0 and len(attrs[0]) > 1 and attrs[0][1] == 'statHighlight':
            self.flag = True
        if tag == 'a':
            self.flag = False
    def handle_endtag(self, tag):
        if tag == 'td':
            self.flag = False
    def handle_data(self, data):
        data = data.strip()
        if self.flag and len(data) > 0:
            data = data.split('.')[0]
            print int(data)

for i in range(1, 3000, 8):
    print >> sys.stderr, str(i)
    base_uri = 'http://community.topcoder.com/longcontest/stats/?module=ViewSystemTestResults'
    uri = base_uri + '&rd=' + str(rd) + '&pm=' + str(pm) + '&cr=' + str(cr) + '&stc=' + str(i)
    while True:
        try:
            br = mechanize.Browser()
            br.open(uri)
            br.select_form(name='frmLogin')
            br['ha'] = user_name
            br['pass'] = password
            res = br.submit()
            html = res.read()
            parser = MyHTMLParser()
            parser.feed(html)
            sys.stdout.flush()
            break
        except (urllib2.URLError, socket.timeout):
            continue