Python 2.2 HTTPS support

Produced by Val Shkolnikov, val@nvsoft.net. Provided as free source with absolutely no warranty. Tested under Windows XP only. Should :-) work under any MS Windows. Unix operation needs work.

The extension is provided in two packages ready for download: binary ssl_bin.tar.gz and source ssl_src.tar.gz

Binary package contents

• README, installation instructions;
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, list of acknowledgements;
• COPYING, GNU copying license;
• COPYING.LIB, GNU library copying license;
• Makefile, make utility command file for installing the package;
• ssl.pyd, python loadable SSL module;
• httpsub.py, python module of add-ons to httplib.py, HTTP and HTTPS classes are re-worked, see the makefile method; this allows, among other things, transparent utilization of the chunked transfer encoding support in httplib.py;
• libssl32.dll, libeay32.dll, SSL DLLs.

Binary package installation

• install python, specifically Python-2.2, into a python home directory;
• unpack the binary package:
  gunzip -c <ssl_bin.tar.gz | tar xf -
• install library files:
  • using cygwin tools:
    • set the PY_DIR variable in Makefile to your python home directory
    • make install_bin
  • brute force :-) :
    • copy files ssl.pyd libssl32.dll libeay32.dll to the DLLS directory and file httpsub.py to the Lib directory in your python home directory from current directory;
• verify operation:
  python httpsub.py

Source package contents

• README, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, COPYING, COPYING.LIB, httpsub,py, see above;
• Makefile, make utility command file for compiling the SSL loadable module and installing the package under MS Windows;
• Makefile.unix, make utility command file for compiling the SSL loadable module under Unix (needs work);
• ssl.c, C source file of the module;
• ssl.def, a DEF file used in linking the module;
• OpenSSL-20010810.tar.gz, mingw compiled openssl package that provides SSL DLLs and include files, the package is downloaded from http://www.kix.or.jp/~fujino/openssl;
• pexports.exe, utility to generate the DEF files for the SSL DLLs, the utility is downloaded from http://infoservice.lg.ua/~paul/devel/binutils.html;
• objects.h, pyconfig.h, replacements for files in the python Include directory.

Source compilation and installation

• install python, specifically Python-2.2, into a python home directory;
• install the cygwin package (basic and make);
• OPTIONAL: install the mingw package,
  NB: mingw allows compilation with the MSVC libraries used by python. The cygwin site supports mingw (see the CFLAGS = -mno-cygwin macro in Makefile). This step is recommended only if the cygwin site falls behind the mingw site.
• unpack the source package:
  gunzip -c <ssl_src.tar.gz | tar xf -
• install and compile the openssl package or run:
  gunzip -c <OpenSSL-20010810.tar.gz | tar xf -
  creating the ssl home directory ssl;
• add the ssl/bin subdirectory to your PATH variable;
• copy the pexports.exe file to /usr/bin or similar place;
• set the PY_DIR and SSL_DIR variables in Makefile to your python and ssl home directories respectively;
• OPTIONAL: replace files objects.h and pyconfig.h in the Include directory of your python home directory with those in the source package directory,
  NB: this step is recommended for Python 1.5 at http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/Notes.html, but appears to be unnecessary for the ssl package.
• run:
  make
• run:
  make install
• verify operation:
  python httpsub.py