Verify SSL Encryption for any given URL in python 2.7 (https)

Question

I want to find a correct way of verify that website is https enable by providing its url

import httplib
conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection("www.python.org")
conn.request("GET", "/")
r1 = conn.getresponse()
print r1.status, r1.reason
data1 = r1.read()
conn.request("GET", "/")
r2 = conn.getresponse()
print r2.status, r2.reason
data2 = r2.read()
conn.close()

but i'm getting following error

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/muhammad.faisal/Documents/NLP/Main.py", line 54, in conn.request("GET", "/") File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\httplib.py", line 1042, in request self._send_request(method, url, body, headers) File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\httplib.py", line 1082, in _send_request self.endheaders(body) File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\httplib.py", line 1038, in endheaders self._send_output(message_body) File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\httplib.py", line 882, in _send_output self.send(msg) File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\httplib.py", line 844, in send self.connect() File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\httplib.py", line 1255, in connect HTTPConnection.connect(self) File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\httplib.py", line 821, in connect self.timeout, self.source_address) File "C:\Users\muhammad.faisal\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\socket.py", line 557, in create_connection for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM): socket.gaierror: [Errno 11002] getaddrinfo failed

"..getaddrinfo failed.." - your DNS cannot does not resolve the hostname you have given to an IP address. This might be a problem of your DNS setup or that you have given the wrong name. In both cases the problem is not the Python code. — Steffen Ullrich
Error occurs after calling get call conn.request("GET", "/") r1 = conn.getresponse() print r1.status, r1.reason data1 = r1.read() conn.request("GET", "/") r2 = conn.getresponse() print r2.status, r2.reason data2 = r2.read() conn.close() — Faisal
With "problem is not the Python code" I mean that the reason the code is failing has nothing to do with your specific code, but is a result from either a bad DNS setup or the wrong domain given. Other applications might be affect by the same problem on the same system when accessing the same host. — Steffen Ullrich

Kasim Sharif Kasim Sharif · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-03T07:37:16

In tried to execute on my system. Its working corrrectly.

In [8]: import httplib

In [9]: conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection("www.python.org")

In [10]: conn.request("GET", "/")

In [11]: r1 = conn.getresponse()

In [12]: print r1.status, r1.reason 200 OK

In [13]: data1 = r1.read()

In [14]: conn.request("GET", "/")

In [15]: r2 = conn.getresponse()

In [16]: print r2.status, r2.reason 200 OK

In [17]: data2 = r2.read()

In [18]: conn.close()

You have might be having problem in httplib package. Try installing again My python version is Python 2.7.6

Verify SSL Encryption for any given URL in python 2.7 (https)

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