Does Google Script have an equivalent to python's Session object? - session

Question

I have this python script and I want to get Google Script equivalent but I do not know how to "pass" whatever needs to be passed between next get or post request once I log in.
import requests
import json
# login
session = requests.session()
data = {
'LoginName': 'name',
'Password': 'password'
}
session.post('https://www.web.com/en-CA/Login/Login', data=data)
session.get('https://www.web.com//en-CA/Redirect/?page=Dashboard')
# get customer table
data = {
'page': '1',
'pageSize': '100'
}
response = session.post('https://www.web.com/en-CA/Reporting', data=data)
print(response.json())
I wonder if there is an equivalent to .session() object from python's requests module. I did search google but could not find any working example. I am not a coder so I dot exactly know that that .session() object does. Would it be enough to pass headers from response when making new request?
UPDATE
I read in some other question that Google might be using for every single UrlFetchApp.fetch different IP so login and cookies might not work, I guess.

Answer 1

I believe your goal as follows.
You want to achieve your python script with Google Apps Script.
Issue and workaround:
If my understanding is correct, when session() of python is used, the multiple requests can be achieved by keeping the cookie. In order to achieve this situation using Google Apps Script, for example, I thought that the cookie is retrieved at 1st request and the retrieved cookie is included in the request header for 2nd request. Because, in the current stage, UrlFetchApp has no method for directly keeping cookie and using it to the next request.
From above situation, when your script is converted to Google Apps Script, it becomes as follows.
Sample script:
function myFunction() {
const url1 = "https://www.web.com/en-CA/Login/Login";
const url2 = "https://www.web.com//en-CA/Redirect/?page=Dashboard";
const url3 = "https://www.web.com/en-CA/Reporting";
// 1st request
const params1 = {
method: "post",
payload: {LoginName: "name", Password: "password"},
followRedirects: false
}
const res1 = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url1, params1);
const headers1 = res1.getAllHeaders();
if (!headers1["Set-Cookie"]) throw new Error("No cookie");
// 2nd request
const params2 = {
headers: {Cookie: JSON.stringify(headers1["Set-Cookie"])},
followRedirects: false
};
const res2 = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url2, params2);
const headers2 = res2.getAllHeaders();
// 3rd request
const params3 = {
method: "post",
payload: {page: "1", pageSize: "100"},
headers: {Cookie: JSON.stringify(headers2["Set-Cookie"] ? headers2["Set-Cookie"] : headers1["Set-Cookie"])},
followRedirects: false
}
const res3 = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url3, params3);
console.log(res3.getContentText())
}
By this sample script, the cookie can be retrieved from 1st request and the retrieved cookie can be used for next request.
Unfortunately, I have no information of your actual server and I cannot test for your actual URLs. So I'm not sure whether this sample script directly works for your server.
And, I'm not sure whether followRedirects: false in each request is required to be included. So when an error occurs, please remove it and test it again.
About the method for including the cookie to the request header, JSON.stringify might not be required to be used. But, I'm not sure about this for your server.
Reference:
Class UrlFetchApp

Answer 2

You might want to try this:
var nl = getNewLine()
function getNewLine() {
var agent = navigator.userAgent
if (agent.indexOf("Win") >= 0)
return "\r\n"
else
if (agent.indexOf("Mac") >= 0)
return "\r"
return "\r"
}
pagecode = 'import requests
import json
# login
session = requests.session()
data = {
\'LoginName\': \'name\',
\'Password\': \'password\'
}
session.post(\'https://www.web.com/en-CA/Login/Login\', data=data)
session.get(\'https://www.web.com//en-CA/Redirect/?page=Dashboard\')
# get customer table
data = {
\'page\': \'1\',
\'pageSize\': \'100\'
}
response = session.post(\'https://www.web.com/en-CA/Reporting\', data=data)
print(response.json())'
document.write(pagecode);
I used this program