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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst index a697bdd..21c1c2f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst +++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst @@ -15,14 +15,11 @@ authentication, redirections, cookies and more. The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions: -.. function:: urlopen(url, data=None[, timeout]) +.. function:: urlopen(url, data=None[, timeout], *, cafile=None, capath=None) 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 @@ -38,6 +35,16 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions: the global default timeout setting will be used). This actually only works for HTTP, HTTPS and FTP connections. + The optional *cafile* and *capath* parameters specify a set of trusted + CA certificates for HTTPS requests. *cafile* should point to a single + file containing a bundle of CA certificates, whereas *capath* should + point to a directory of hashed certificate files. More information can + be found in :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.load_verify_locations`. + + .. warning:: + If neither *cafile* nor *capath* is specified, an HTTPS request + will not do any verification of the server's certificate. + This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods from the :mod:`urllib.response` module @@ -62,6 +69,9 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions: Proxy handling, which was done by passing a dictionary parameter to ``urllib.urlopen``, can be obtained by using :class:`ProxyHandler` objects. + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + *cafile* and *capath* were added. + .. function:: install_opener(opener) Install an :class:`OpenerDirector` instance as the default global opener. @@ -421,9 +431,13 @@ The following classes are provided: A class to handle opening of HTTP URLs. -.. class:: HTTPSHandler() +.. class:: HTTPSHandler(debuglevel=0, context=None, check_hostname=None) + + A class to handle opening of HTTPS URLs. *context* and *check_hostname* + have the same meaning as in :class:`http.client.HTTPSConnection`. - A class to handle opening of HTTPS URLs. + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + *context* and *check_hostname* were added. .. class:: FileHandler() |