!/usr/bin/env python

import urllib2
import urllib
import json

def connect(module, action, input={}):
	data = {'module': module,
		'action': action,
		'input': json.dumps(input),
		'token': token,
		'request_id': 1}
		
headers = {'Cookie': 'TNS_SESSIONID=' + cookie}

url = server + '/request.php'
try:
	request = urllib2.Request(url, urllib.urlencode(data), headers)
	response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
	content = json.loads(response.read())
return content['response']
except Exception, e:
print "Error: " + str(e)
return None
server = 'https://192.168.37.51'
username = 'rapid7'
password = 'password'
token = ''
cookie = ''

First login to the server using the auth module with the login action. The
server's response will include a token and a cookie that needs to be used on
subsequent requests.

input = {'username': username, 'password': password}
resp = connect('auth', 'login', input)
token = resp['token']