How to Retrieve Data from an HTTPS://URL

[Harlin Seritt]

I am trying to pull data from a web page at https://localhost/wps.
While this would work if the url was http://localhost/wps, it doesn't
work with 'https.'

I can do this:

import urllib
data = urllib.urlopen('http://localhost/wps').read()

But not with https. How can I pull data from a https url?

thanks,

Harlin

 

[Peter Hansen]

I am trying to pull data from a web page at https://localhost/wps.
While this would work if the url was http://localhost/wps, it doesn't
work with 'https.'

I can do this:

import urllib
data = urllib.urlopen('http://localhost/wps').read()

But not with https. How can I pull data from a https url?

Does the site you are trying also require a password? Is it a public
site and if so what is it?

What platform are you using? What version of Python and OS?

Think also if you're missing other potentially critical details that
will help us out, and please fill them in.

-Peter

 

[Fuzzyman]

It certainly *should* work - have you tried with urllib2 ? I assume the
page works when fetched with a browser ?

You don't have any proxy settings do you (Python can pick up on these
automatically) ?

What error are you getting (or what value in data) ?

All the best,

Fuzzyman
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml

 

[LordLaraby]

You might be using ActiveState python on Windows? If so, you most
likely do not have the SSL layer that's required to process HTTPS
protocol queries.
You should install 'standard' Python from python.org to get the SSL
handling functionality. I understand that ActiveState can not
distribute the SSL code, for national security reasons.

LL