how to make a https request in python 3

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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
– James Schinner, Commented Feb 6, 2018 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
– Siddharth Sampath, Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 11:51
Maybe change the tile to reflect the question. How to FTP via HTTPS? — James Schinner
– James Schinner, Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 11:53

Wilhelm Liao · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-06 13:25:39Z

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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 6, 2018 at 13:25

Wilhelm Liao

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3 Comments

Siddharth Sampath Over a year ago

Where can I get SSL certificates?

Wilhelm Liao Over a year ago

Your server should place SSL certificate using the same certificate file. If you want to generate a simple certificate you can see stackoverflow.com/questions/8169999/…

Siddharth Sampath Over a year ago

Thank you! This was really helpful!

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