runningwild wrote: > Helo, > > This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. > > In the docs I read "Note: HTTPS support is only available if the socket > module was compiled with SSL support." > > Although my small test script "seems" to work when connecting to a > webserver via HTTPS I am really not sure. > > In other words it worked the first time. I never trust anything that > seems to work right the first time. ;-) > > My question is how can I tell if the criteria in the "NOTE:" is met? > How do I know that the socket module was indeed compled with SSL > support? > > The reason this is important is that I am building a credit card > payment system. > > Here is my little test script > ======================== > Python 2.4.3 > > import httplib > conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('**********') > conn.request('GET' '/index.html') > resp = conn.getresponse() > > page = resp.read() > print page
Quick followup: I just got off the phone with my sys admin. Python was compiled with the ssl flag turned on. ssl does work other applications. I am assuming we are covered. I just want to be sure. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list