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urllib2pyopenssl
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Description
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This is a library to enable urllib2 to be used with SSL sockets from pyOpenSSL instead of the built in ssl library. A script is provided to exercise it:
urllib2pyopenssl_get::
- Utility to fetch data using HTTP or HTTPS GET from a specified URL.
Prerequisites
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This has been developed and tested for Python 2.6 (compiled with HTTPS support).
pyOpenSSL
Installation
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Installation can be performed using easy_install, e.g.::
easy_install urllib2pyopenssl-0.1.0-py2.6.egg
Running urllib2pyopenssl_get
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Parameter::
url The URL of the resource to be fetched
Options::
-h, --help Show help message and exit.
-c FILE, --certificate=FILE
Certificate file - defaults to $HOME/credentials.pem
-k FILE, --private-key=FILE
Private key file - defaults to the certificate file
-t DIR, --ca-certificate-dir=DIR
Trusted CA certificate file directory.
-d, --debug Print debug information - this may be useful in solving problems with HTTP
or HTTPS access to a server.
-f FILE, --fetch=FILE Output file
-v, --verify-peer Verify peer certificate.