Python Notes: https harder demo

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3. Edit: 2023-09-24

https_harder_demo

#!/bin/python3
'''
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title   : https_harder_demo_100.py
author  : Neil Rieck
created : 2023-07-07
purpose : connect to an older https site
history :
ver who when   what
100 NSR 230707 1. original effort
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'''
import requests
import urllib3
import sys

def main():
    print(f"-i-program: {sys.argv[0]}")
    #
    #   does get http work?
    #
    try:
        print("*"*40, " http.get()")                                                                                        
        sess = requests.Session()                   # maintains cookies, etc.                                               
        r = sess.get('http://kawc96.on.bell.ca', timeout=5)
        print(r.status_code)                                                                                                
        print(r.text)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"-e-error: {e}")
    print("*"*40, " stop http")
    #
    #   does get https work?
    #
    try:
        print("*"*40, " https.get()")
        requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
        requests.packages.urllib3.util.ssl_.DEFAULT_CIPHERS += ':HIGH:!DH:!aNULL'
        try:
            requests.packages.urllib3.contrib.pyopenssl.util.ssl_.DEFAULT_CIPHERS += ':HIGH:!DH:!aNULL'
        except AttributeError:
            # no pyopenssl support used / needed / available
            pass
        sess = requests.Session()
        r = sess.get('https://kawc96.on.bell.ca', timeout=5)
        print(r.status_code)
        print(r.text)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"-e-error: {e}") 
    print("*"*40, " stop https")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# this is the end

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