newobs.py

import requests
import lxml.html


    
def MakeObservation(username,password,norad,transmitter,station,startTime,endTime):   
    loginUrl = "https://network.satnogs.org/accounts/login/" #login URL
    session = requests.session()
    login = session.get(loginUrl) #Get login page for CSFR token
    login_html = lxml.html.fromstring(login.text)
    login_hidden_inputs = login_html.xpath(r'//form//input[@type="hidden"]') #Get CSFR token
    form = {x.attrib["name"]: x.attrib["value"] for x in login_hidden_inputs}
    form["login"]=username 
    form["password"]=password
    session.post(loginUrl,data=form,headers={'referer':loginUrl}) #Login
    
    obsURL = "https://network.satnogs.org/observations/new/" #Observation URL
    obs = session.get(obsURL) #Get the observation/new/ page to get the CSFR token

    obs_html = lxml.html.fromstring(obs.text) 
    hidden_inputs = obs_html.xpath(r'//form//input[@type="hidden"]')
    form = {x.attrib["name"]: x.attrib["value"] for x in hidden_inputs} 
    form["satellite"]=norad
    form["transmitter"]=transmitter
    form["start-time"]=startTime
    form["end-time"]=endTime
    form["0-starting_time"] = startTime
    form["0-ending_time"] = endTime
    form["0-station"] = station
    form["total"]=str(1)
    session.post(obsURL,data=form,headers={'referer':obsURL})