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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst index 35ea286..c4a8a79 100644 --- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst +++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst @@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines functions and classes which help in opening URLs (mostly HTTP) in a complex world --- basic and digest authentication, redirections, cookies and more. -.. warning:: When opening HTTPS (or FTPS) URLs, it is not attempted to - validate the server certificate. Use at your own risk! - The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions: @@ -23,6 +20,9 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions: Open the URL *url*, which can be either a string or a :class:`Request` object. + .. warning:: + HTTPS requests do not do any verification of the server's certificate. + *data* may be a string specifying additional data to send to the server, or ``None`` if no such data is needed. Currently HTTP requests are the only ones that use *data*; the HTTP request will @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions: The optional *timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking operations like the connection attempt (if not specified, the global default timeout setting will be used). This actually - only works for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS connections. + only works for HTTP, HTTPS and FTP connections. This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods from the :mod:`urllib.response` module @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ OpenerDirector Objects optional *timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking operations like the connection attempt (if not specified, the global default timeout setting will be used). The timeout feature actually works only for - HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS connections). + HTTP, HTTPS and FTP connections). .. method:: OpenerDirector.error(proto, *args) |