OpenSSL support. This is based on patches for a version of SSLeay by

Brian E Gallew, which were improved and adapted to OpenSSL 0.9.4 by
Laszlo Kovacs of HP.  Both have kindly given permission to include
the patches in the Python distribution.  Final formatting by GvR.

Lib/httplib.py

@@ -28,17 +28,48 @@ second request to the same server, you create a new HTTP object.
 connection for each request.)
 """
 
+import os
 import socket
 import string
 import mimetools
 
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
 HTTP_VERSION = 'HTTP/1.0'
 HTTP_PORT = 80
+HTTPS_PORT = 443
+
+class FakeSocket:
+    def __init__(self, sock, ssl):
+	self.__sock = sock
+	self.__ssl = ssl
+	return
+
+    def makefile(self, mode):		# hopefully, never have to write
+	msgbuf = ""
+	while 1:
+	    try:
+		msgbuf = msgbuf + self.__ssl.read()
+	    except socket.sslerror, msg:
+		break
+	return StringIO(msgbuf)
+
+    def send(self, stuff, flags = 0):
+	return self.__ssl.write(stuff)
+
+    def recv(self, len = 1024, flags = 0):
+	return self.__ssl.read(len)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+	return getattr(self.__sock, attr)
 
 class HTTP:
     """This class manages a connection to an HTTP server."""
-    
-    def __init__(self, host = '', port = 0):
+
+    def __init__(self, host = '', port = 0, **x509):
         """Initialize a new instance.
 
         If specified, `host' is the name of the remote host to which
@@ -46,10 +77,12 @@ class HTTP:
         to connect.  By default, httplib.HTTP_PORT is used.
 
         """
+        self.key_file = x509.get('key_file')
+        self.cert_file = x509.get('cert_file')
         self.debuglevel = 0
         self.file = None
         if host: self.connect(host, port)
-    
+
     def set_debuglevel(self, debuglevel):
         """Set the debug output level.
 
@@ -58,10 +91,10 @@ class HTTP:
 
         """
         self.debuglevel = debuglevel
-    
+
     def connect(self, host, port = 0):
         """Connect to a host on a given port.
-        
+
         Note:  This method is automatically invoked by __init__,
         if a host is specified during instantiation.
 
@@ -77,12 +110,12 @@ class HTTP:
         self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print 'connect:', (host, port)
         self.sock.connect(host, port)
-    
+
     def send(self, str):
         """Send `str' to the server."""
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print 'send:', `str`
         self.sock.send(str)
-    
+
     def putrequest(self, request, selector):
         """Send a request to the server.
 
@@ -94,7 +127,7 @@ class HTTP:
         if not selector: selector = '/'
         str = '%s %s %s\r\n' % (request, selector, HTTP_VERSION)
         self.send(str)
-    
+
     def putheader(self, header, *args):
         """Send a request header line to the server.
 
@@ -103,14 +136,14 @@ class HTTP:
         """
         str = '%s: %s\r\n' % (header, string.joinfields(args,'\r\n\t'))
         self.send(str)
-    
+
     def endheaders(self):
         """Indicate that the last header line has been sent to the server."""
         self.send('\r\n')
-    
+
     def getreply(self):
         """Get a reply from the server.
-        
+
         Returns a tuple consisting of:
         - server response code (e.g. '200' if all goes well)
         - server response string corresponding to response code
@@ -136,7 +169,7 @@ class HTTP:
         errmsg = string.strip(msg)
         self.headers = mimetools.Message(self.file, 0)
         return errcode, errmsg, self.headers
-    
+
     def getfile(self):
         """Get a file object from which to receive data from the HTTP server.
 
@@ -145,7 +178,7 @@ class HTTP:
 
         """
         return self.file
-    
+
     def close(self):
         """Close the connection to the HTTP server."""
         if self.file:
@@ -155,6 +188,31 @@ class HTTP:
             self.sock.close()
         self.sock = None
 
+if hasattr(socket, "ssl"):
+    class HTTPS(HTTP):
+        """This class allows communication via SSL."""
+
+        def connect(self, host, port = 0):
+            """Connect to a host on a given port.
+
+            Note:  This method is automatically invoked by __init__,
+            if a host is specified during instantiation.
+
+            """
+            if not port:
+                i = string.find(host, ':')
+                if i >= 0:
+                    host, port = host[:i], host[i+1:]
+                    try: port = string.atoi(port)
+                    except string.atoi_error:
+                        raise socket.error, "nonnumeric port"
+            if not port: port = HTTPS_PORT
+            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            if self.debuglevel > 0: print 'connect:', (host, port)
+            sock.connect(host, port)
+            ssl = socket.ssl(sock, self.key_file, self.cert_file)
+            self.sock = FakeSocket(sock, ssl)
+
 
 def test():
     """Test this module.
@@ -170,6 +228,7 @@ def test():
     dl = 0
     for o, a in opts:
         if o == '-d': dl = dl + 1
+    print "testing HTTP..."
     host = 'www.python.org'
     selector = '/'
     if args[0:]: host = args[0]
@@ -187,6 +246,26 @@ def test():
         for header in headers.headers: print string.strip(header)
     print
     print h.getfile().read()
+    if hasattr(socket, "ssl"):
+        print "-"*40
+        print "testing HTTPS..."
+        host = 'synergy.as.cmu.edu'
+        selector = '/~geek/'
+        if args[0:]: host = args[0]
+        if args[1:]: selector = args[1]
+        h = HTTPS()
+        h.set_debuglevel(dl)
+        h.connect(host)
+        h.putrequest('GET', selector)
+        h.endheaders()
+        errcode, errmsg, headers = h.getreply()
+        print 'errcode =', errcode
+        print 'errmsg  =', errmsg
+        print
+        if headers:
+            for header in headers.headers: print string.strip(header)
+        print
+        print h.getfile().read()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':