CUHK Network auto connection Python script

auto-connect-cuhk.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

USER = "USER"
PASSWORD = "PASSWORD"

def login():
    """Post the login info to the CUHK authentication server"""
    url = "https://securelogin.net.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/login"
    data = {
        'user': USER,
        'password': PASSWORD,
        'cmd': 'authenticate',
        'Login': 1
    }
    resp = requests.post(url, data=data, verify=False)
    print(resp.url, resp.content)

def connected():
    """Check if we have Internet connection"""
    try:
        resp = requests.get('http://www.google.com.hk', verify=False)
        return "securelogin.net.cuhk.edu.hk" not in resp.url
    except Exception as err: 
        pass
    return False

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if not connected():
        login()
    print("Connection status:", connected())