I am having an issue with my HTTP client in python3

Question

Whenever I run my HTTP client it gives me SSL error

import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("localhost, 8000)
conn.request("GET","/Test File.txt")

Where is your problem or error? – A.A Noman Dec 15 '18 at 10:48 — A.A Noman, Dec 15 '18 at 10:48
Please [edit] your title into something less generic. – Jongware Dec 15 '18 at 12:11 — Jongware, Dec 15 '18 at 12:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '18 at 12:07

I guess your localhost isn't configured with HTTPS. You can resolve this by using HTTPConnection client.

Try this:

import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost, 8000)
conn.request("GET","/Test File.txt")

If you would like to set up HTTPS on your localhost, you can see this Stackoverflow Question.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '18 at 11:55

You are using a HTTPSConnection HTTP ->S<- Connection (notice the S in the class identifier) which is a SSL connection. Is the localhost:8000 a SSL certified server? If not you might either want to use HTTPConnection instead or make sure your configure your server as an SSL server.

I am having an issue with my HTTP client in python3

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