From e7fe6c3db2c703d6751df85630fc2e9de2e83871 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:52:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Patch #1765839: add link to https+proxy urllib2 opener. --- Doc/howto/urllib2.rst | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst index 69ce5082e49..ce10e52152d 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst @@ -541,7 +541,9 @@ steps to setting up a `Basic Authentication`_ handler : :: .. note:: Currently ``urllib2`` *does not* support fetching of ``https`` - locations through a proxy. This can be a problem. + locations through a proxy. However, this can be enabled by extending + urllib2 as shown in the recipe [#]_. + Sockets and Layers ================== @@ -596,3 +598,6 @@ This document was reviewed and revised by John Lee. is set to use the proxy, which urllib2 picks up on. In order to test scripts with a localhost server, I have to prevent urllib2 from using the proxy. +.. [#] urllib2 opener for SSL proxy (CONNECT method): `ASPN Cookbook Recipe + `_. +