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- ===============
- ndg_httpsclient
- ===============
- Description
- ===========
- 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:
- ndg_httpclient::
- - Utility to fetch data using HTTP or HTTPS GET from a specified URL.
- Prerequisites
- =============
- This has been developed and tested for Python 2.6 (compiled with HTTPS support).
- pyOpenSSL
- Installation
- ============
- Installation can be performed using easy_install, e.g.::
- easy_install ndg_httpsclient-0.1.0-py2.6.egg
- Running ndg_httpclient
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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
- -n, --no-verify-peer Skip verification of peer certificate..
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