how to make a https request in python 3

Question

I want to download a file from my server using the https protocol. How should I go about doing this? This is my basic code with http

response=requests.get('http://url',stream='True')

handle=open('dest_file.txt','wb')
for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=512):
    if chunk:  # filter out keep-alive new chunks
        handle.write(chunk)

handle.close()

can the requests module be used for https as well?

Do you want an actual `file` or a webpage? I guess if you want a file you will have to have a service on your server to send the data via `http` — James Schinner, Feb 06 '18 at 11:45
via http I am able to access the contents of the file, but I am not able to make a connection using https — Siddharth Sampath, Feb 06 '18 at 11:51
Maybe change the tile to reflect the question. `How to FTP via HTTPS?` — James Schinner, Feb 06 '18 at 11:53

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '18 at 13:25

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According to http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#ssl-cert-verification

response=requests.get('https://url', stream='True', verify='your certificate.crt')

handle=open('dest_file.txt','wb')
for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=512):
    if chunk:  # filter out keep-alive new chunks
        handle.write(chunk)

handle.close()

answered Feb 06 '18 at 13:25

Wilhelm Liao

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Where can I get SSL certificates? – Siddharth Sampath Feb 06 '18 at 18:56
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Your server should place SSL certificate using the same certificate file. If you want to generate a simple certificate you can see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8169999/how-can-i-create-a-self-signed-cert-for-localhost/32169444#32169444 – Wilhelm Liao Feb 07 '18 at 00:23
Thank you! This was really helpful! – Siddharth Sampath Feb 07 '18 at 13:13

how to make a https request in python 3

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