Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: ndg-httpsclient
Version: 0.3.2
Summary: Provides enhanced HTTPS support for httplib and urllib2 using PyOpenSSL
Home-page: http://ndg-security.ceda.ac.uk/wiki/ndg_httpsclient/
Author: Richard Wilkinson and Philip Kershaw
Author-email: Philip.Kershaw@stfc.ac.uk
License: BSD - See LICENCE file for details
Description: 
        This is a HTTPS client implementation for httplib and urllib2 based on
        PyOpenSSL.  PyOpenSSL provides a more fully featured SSL implementation over the
        default provided with Python and importantly enables full verification of the
        SSL peer.
        
        Releases
        ========
        0.3.2
        -----
         * Fix to SubjectAltNames support check - should only be enabled if pyasn1 is 
           installed.
         * Fix to open_url: HTTP Request object was being created inside if headers is 
           None block - now corrected to create regardless.
         * Added http basic auth support to script. (Thanks to Willem van Engen)
         
        0.3.1
        -----
         * extended utils functions to support keyword for passing additional urllib2
           handlers.
        
        0.3.0
        -----
         * Added ndg.httpsclient.utils.fetch_stream_from_url function and added
           parameter for data to post in open_url and fetch_* methods.
         * fix to ndg.httpsclient.utils module _should_use_proxy and open_url functions
        
        0.2.0
        -----
         * added support for SSL verification with subjectAltNames using pyasn1
         * fixed minor bug - SSL cert DN prefix matching
        
        0.1.0
        -----
        Initial release
        
        Prerequisites
        =============
        This has been developed and tested for Python 2.6 and 2.7 with pyOpenSSL 0.13.
        Note that proxy support is only available from Python 2.6.2 onwards.  pyasn1 is
        required for correct SSL verification with subjectAltNames.
        
        Installation
        ============
        Installation can be performed using easy_install or pip.
        
        Running ndg_httpclient
        ======================
        A simple script for fetching data using HTTP or HTTPS GET from a specified URL.
        
        Parameter:
        
        ``url``
          The URL of the resource to be fetched
        
        Options:
        
        ``-h, --help``
          Show help message and exit.
        
        ``-c FILE, --certificate=FILE``
          Certificate file - defaults to ``$HOME/credentials.pem``
        
        ``-k FILE, --private-key=FILE``
          Private key file - defaults to the certificate file
        
        ``-t DIR, --ca-certificate-dir=DIR``
          Trusted CA certificate file directory.
        
        ``-d, --debug``
          Print debug information - this may be useful in solving problems with HTTP or 
          HTTPS access to a server.
            
        ``-p FILE, --post-data-file=FILE``
          POST data file
            
        ``-f FILE, --fetch=FILE``
          Output file
            
        ``-n, --no-verify-peer``
          Skip verification of peer certificate.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Environment :: Web Environment
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: System Administrators
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Security
Classifier: Topic :: Internet
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Systems Administration :: Authentication/Directory
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules