opensource101

I need some help with some scripting that I'm doing:

I'm using Applescript to download stuff from Google Docs without actually having to click anything within the browser. I need to know what script to use to log in. This is essentially what I have so far:

tell application "Safari"

set the URL of tab 1 of window 1 to "https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?servi...

set "username" of "https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?servi... to the text returned of (display dialog "Username?" default answer "Login")

end tell

I need help since the web page won't let me log in, since I don't know what variable (username, etc.) to use. How do I do this? If you know a more efficient script in Perl, Python, or Ruby, that would help, too....

I'm visiting a foreign country, and I need to use google. However, the IP address turns the english google into, say, arabian or chinese google. How do I work around that so that I get english google in a foreign country?