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copied!<p>Does <a href="http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html" rel="noreferrer">urllib2</a> in Python 2.6.1 support proxy via https?</p> <p>I've found the following at <a href="http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2.shtml" rel="noreferrer">http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2.shtml</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>NOTE</p> <p>Currently urllib2 does not support fetching of https locations through a proxy. This can be a problem.</p> </blockquote> <p>I'm trying automate login in to web site and downloading document, I have valid username/password.</p> <pre><code>proxy_info = { 'host':"axxx", # commented out the real data 'port':"1234" # commented out the real data } proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler( {"http" : "http://%(host)s:%(port)s" % proxy_info}) opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy_handler, urllib2.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=1),urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor()) urllib2.install_opener(opener) fullurl = 'https://correct.url.to.login.page.com/user=a&pswd=b' # example req1 = urllib2.Request(url=fullurl, headers=headers) response = urllib2.urlopen(req1) </code></pre> <p>I've had it working for similar pages but not using HTTPS and I suspect it does not get through proxy - it just gets stuck in the same way as when I did not specify proxy. I need to go out through proxy.</p> <p>I need to authenticate but not using basic authentication, will urllib2 figure out authentication when going via https site (I supply username/password to site via url)?</p> <p>EDIT: Nope, I tested with </p> <pre><code> proxies = { "http" : "http://%(host)s:%(port)s" % proxy_info, "https" : "https://%(host)s:%(port)s" % proxy_info } proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler(proxies) </code></pre> <p>And I get error:</p> <blockquote> <p>urllib2.URLError: urlopen error [Errno 8] _ssl.c:480: EOF occurred in violation of protocol</p> </blockquote>

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