topic Using httplib.HTTPSConnection with keystore pass phrase in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-httplib-httpsconnection-with-keystore-pass/m-p/383094#M30177 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>We are using ArcGIS 10.0 with Python 2.6.5.&nbsp; This is not a ArcGIS-related Python question, but just a Python question.&nbsp; Hopefully that is okay and someone will still know this.&nbsp; In our application, once the user has selected an AOI and we do a spatial search on our file geo-database, we get some URLs for files that we want to download.&nbsp; We used to use urllib.urlretrieve but now the target site has been SSL-enabled and requires a certificate.&nbsp; Our requests are coming from the server and we have a signed server cert along with the private key file.&nbsp; The key file has an associated PEM pass phrase and I am trying to figure out how to include the pass phrase in the connection. </P><P></P><P>As a note, I can bypass the pass phrase thing by creating a new private key PEM file with no pass phrase and then using....</P><P></P><P>httplib.HTTPSConnection(host, key_file="privatekey.pem", cert_file="public.pem")</P><P></P><P>and all works fine.&nbsp; If, however, the key file contains a PEM pass phrase, I am prompted for it on the command line.&nbsp; I am trying to find a way to include the pass phrase in the connection (or elsewhere).&nbsp; I have read about the newer SSLContext objects, specifically the load_cert_chain method that allows for a password parameter, but that is not available in Python 2.6.5. </P><P></P><P>Does anyone know if what I am looking for is possible using our version of Python?</P><P></P><P>Thanks - Peter</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:58:33 GMT PeterLen 2015-06-10T17:58:33Z Using httplib.HTTPSConnection with keystore pass phrase https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-httplib-httpsconnection-with-keystore-pass/m-p/383094#M30177 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>We are using ArcGIS 10.0 with Python 2.6.5.&nbsp; This is not a ArcGIS-related Python question, but just a Python question.&nbsp; Hopefully that is okay and someone will still know this.&nbsp; In our application, once the user has selected an AOI and we do a spatial search on our file geo-database, we get some URLs for files that we want to download.&nbsp; We used to use urllib.urlretrieve but now the target site has been SSL-enabled and requires a certificate.&nbsp; Our requests are coming from the server and we have a signed server cert along with the private key file.&nbsp; The key file has an associated PEM pass phrase and I am trying to figure out how to include the pass phrase in the connection. </P><P></P><P>As a note, I can bypass the pass phrase thing by creating a new private key PEM file with no pass phrase and then using....</P><P></P><P>httplib.HTTPSConnection(host, key_file="privatekey.pem", cert_file="public.pem")</P><P></P><P>and all works fine.&nbsp; If, however, the key file contains a PEM pass phrase, I am prompted for it on the command line.&nbsp; I am trying to find a way to include the pass phrase in the connection (or elsewhere).&nbsp; I have read about the newer SSLContext objects, specifically the load_cert_chain method that allows for a password parameter, but that is not available in Python 2.6.5. </P><P></P><P>Does anyone know if what I am looking for is possible using our version of Python?</P><P></P><P>Thanks - Peter</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:58:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-httplib-httpsconnection-with-keystore-pass/m-p/383094#M30177 PeterLen 2015-06-10T17:58:33Z