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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-08-06 07:52:20 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-08-06 07:52:20 (GMT)
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Patch #1765839: add link to https+proxy urllib2 opener.
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@@ -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
+ <http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/456195>`_.
+