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diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst index 858c9b1..f8f4a2b 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 + <http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/456195>`_. + |