Automatic SpamCop report validation with python mechanize

subspam.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2
# adapted from https://gist.github.com/iMilnb/75d65d88ce649b1f191a
import ConfigParser
import mechanize
import os

CONFIG = os.environ.get('SPAMCOP_CONFIG',
                        os.path.expanduser('~/secret/spamcop-config.ini'))

config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
config.read(CONFIG)

br = mechanize.Browser()

br.set_handle_robots(False)
br.open("http://www.spamcop.net/")

br.select_form(nr=0)

br.form['username'] = config.get('spamcop', 'username')
br.form['password'] = config.get('spamcop', 'password')
br.submit()

has_report = True

while has_report is True:
    try:
        l = br.click_link(text='Report Now')
    except:
        has_report = False
        print('No report found.')
        break

    br.open(l)

    try:
        br.select_form(name='sendreport')
    except:
        continue

    print('Sending report for {0}'.format(br.form['reports']))
    # the following will possibly fill br with a new 'Report Now' link
    br.submit(label='Send Spam Report(s) Now')

Update: reads username + password from [spamcop] section of ini file ~/secret/spamcop-config.ini