how about:
import urllib2
r = urllib2.Request('https://orbitalvar1.paymentech.net/authorize:443',
xml_request, {'Content-Type', 'application/PTI46', ...})
resp = urllib2.urlopen(r)
see http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html
On Sunday, July 8, 2012 6:44:12 PM UTC-7, Adi wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> Even though I got this response: 412 Precondition Failed, the code bellow
> seems to work fine. Will check more tomorrow.
>
> import sys, httplib, urllib, urllib2
> target = "https://orbitalvar1.paymentech.net/authorize:443";
> HOST, API_URL = urllib2.splithost(urllib2.splittype(target)[1])
> xml_request="proper security and order details..."
>
> conn = httplib.HTTPS(HOST)
> conn.putrequest('POST', API_URL)
> conn.putheader("Content-Type", "application/PTI46")
> conn.putheader("Content-transfer-encoding", "text")
> conn.putheader("Document-type", "Request")
> conn.putheader("Trace-number", "123456")
> conn.putheader("MIME-Version", "1.0")
> conn.endheaders()
> conn.send(xml_request)
> statuscode, statusmessage, header = conn.getreply()
>
>
>
>
> On Sunday, July 8, 2012 2:52:14 PM UTC-4, howesc wrote:
>>
>> i've never used HTTP lib before, and i found "This module defines classes
>> which implement the client side of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is
>> normally not used directly — the module
>> urllib<http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html#module-urllib>uses it to
>> handle URLs that use HTTP and HTTPS." here
>> http://docs.python.org/library/httplib.html
>>
>> perhaps give urllib or urllib2 a try - i use those all the time with
>> great success!
>>
>> cfh
>>
>> On Friday, July 6, 2012 10:30:34 AM UTC-7, Adi wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Could anyone please advise if I'm doing this correctly? I'm trying to
>>> post a request to Paymentech gateway. When I try the link in a browser, it
>>> responds fine (https://orbitalvar1.paymentech.net/authorize:443), but
>>> using post as bellow returns an error. Most likely I'm doing something
>>> wrong, but can't figure out what.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Adnan
>>>
>>>
>>> *CODE:*
>>> import sys, httplib
>>>
>>> request = xml_string # "proper xml request..."
>>>
>>> HOST = "https://orbitalvar1.paymentech.net/authorize:443";
>>> # tried without https as well: HOST = "
>>> orbitalvar1.paymentech.net/authorize:443"
>>> webservice = httplib.HTTPS(HOST)
>>> webservice.putrequest("POST", '')
>>> webservice.putheader("Host", HOST)
>>> webservice.putheader("User-Agent","Python post")
>>> webservice.putheader("Content-Type", "application/PTI46")
>>> webservice.putheader("Content-transfer-encoding", "text")
>>> webservice.putheader("Content-length", "%d" % len(request))
>>> webservice.endheaders()
>>> webservice.send(request)
>>> statuscode, statusmessage, header = webservice.getreply()
>>> print statuscode, statusmessage, header
>>>
>>> *TRACEBACK:*
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "/Users/adnan/web2py-dev-branch8/gluon/restricted.py", line 205,
>>> in restricted
>>> exec ccode in environment
>>> File
>>> "/Users/adnan/web2py-dev-branch8/applications/dev_thanemobile/controllers/default.py",
>>>
>>> line 898, in <module>
>>> File "/Users/adnan/web2py-dev-branch8/gluon/globals.py", line 173, in
>>> <lambda>
>>> self._caller = lambda f: f()
>>> File
>>> "/Users/adnan/web2py-dev-branch8/applications/dev_thanemobile/controllers/default.py",
>>>
>>> line 43, in test_pmt
>>> paymentech.do_request(xml_string)
>>> File "applications/dev_thanemobile/modules/paymentech.py", line 46, in
>>> do_request
>>> webservice.endheaders()
>>> File
>>> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py",
>>>
>>> line 937, in endheaders
>>> File
>>> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py",
>>>
>>> line 797, in _send_output
>>> File
>>> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py",
>>>
>>> line 759, in send
>>> File
>>> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py",
>>>
>>> line 1140, in connect
>>> File
>>> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/socket.py",
>>>
>>> line 553, in create_connection
>>> *gaierror: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known*
>>>
>>>
