[lxml-dev] Failure with custom resolvers and relative xsl:import

[John Lovell]

Stefan:

So what is your "preferred Python HTTPS client library?"  I recently
tried very hard and ultimately failed at handling https cross platform
with Python.

Thanks for all you do,

John W. Lovell
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Behnel [mailto:stefan_ml at behnel.de] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:38 AM
To: John Lovell
Cc: ML-Lxml-dev
Subject: Re: [lxml-dev] Failure with custom resolvers and relative
xsl:import

John Lovell wrote:
> If you find a currently maintained pure Python way to add SSL, please 
> let us know.

Hmmm, isn't it enough to use a custom resolver to intercept only
"https://..." requests (return None for everything else) and to redirect
them to your preferred Python HTTPS client library?

I'm not sure implementing this directly in lxml makes sense, as it
wouldn't allow using certificates and these things. But it shouldn't be
too hard to do on your own.

Stefan