any way to invoke fragment identifiers '#' in python

Question

Is there any way to invoke fragment identifiers from python? I'm currently using python mechanize.

Answer 1

I think this earlier question holds your answer:

In the HTTP protocol, the fragment (from # onwards) is not sent to the server across the network: it's locally retained by the browser and used, once the server's response is fully received, to somehow "visually locate" the exact spot in the page to be shown as "current" (for example, if the returned page is in HTML, this will be done by parsing the HTML and looking for the first suitable flag).

And Alex Martelli's recommendation for action also holds:

So, the procedure is: remove the fragment e.g. via urlparse.urlparse; use the rest to fetch the resource; parse it appropriately based on the server response's content-type header; then take whatever visual action your program does regarding the "current spot" on the resource, based on locating within the parsed resource the fragment you retained in the first step.