Tiny python script to search for pastebin entries

gistfile1.py

import urllib2
import re
import sys
import getpass

# FILL IN
username = "test"
passwd = getpass.getpass("Enter password for %s: " % username)
realm = "test"
base_url = "http://test/"

def setup_http_auth(url):
    auth_handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler()
    auth_handler.add_password(realm=realm,
                              uri=url,
                              user=username,
                              passwd=passwd)
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth_handler)
    urllib2.install_opener(opener)


def check_id(id):
    url = "%s%s" % (base_url, id)
    setup_http_auth(url)
    sys.stdout.write("\rChecking %d" % id)
    sys.stdout.flush()
    html_content = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
    if re.search("Posted by %s" % username, html_content):
        print "\nMatch for '%s'" % url

for id in range(9714,9650,-1):
    check_id(id)

print "\n"