[SOLVED] Can't log in with requests

Issue

I'm using the following simple Python script to log in to a cgi page:

import requests
url = 'someSite'
data = {'username': '<userName>', 'password': '<password>'}
r = requests.post(url, data=data, verify=False)

But then I get the following error message:

Also, I have this message from Firefox at the bottom when I inspect the HTML:

This site makes use of a SHA-1 Certificate; it's recommended you use certificates with signature algorithms that use hash functions stronger than SHA-1

So, what might be the problem?

Update: info: Python 2.7.9

Solution

The problem solved by using mechanize instead of requests. Here is the code I'm using:

import mechanize

loginURL = '<url>'

browser = mechanize.Browser()
browser.set_handle_robots(False)

browser.open(loginURL)
browser.select_form(nr = 0)
browser.form['username'] = '<username>'
browser.form['password'] = '<password>'
login = browser.submit()

Answered By - AhmedWas