A proof of concept script for authenticating with security API endpoints on ubuntu.com

post-cve.py

#! /usr/bin/env python3

# Standard library
import os
from http.cookiejar import MozillaCookieJar

# Packages
from macaroonbakery import httpbakery


client = httpbakery.Client(cookies=MozillaCookieJar(".login"))

if os.path.exists(client.cookies.filename):
    client.cookies.load(ignore_discard=True)

response = client.request(
    "POST", ("http://localhost:8001/security/notices")
)
client.cookies.save(ignore_discard=True)
print(response, response.text)