Why am I getting this error in python ? (httplib)

Question

if theurl.startswith(\"http://\"): theurl = theurl[7:]
    head = theurl[:theurl.find(\'/\')]
    tail = theurl[theurl.find(\'/\'):]
response_code = 0
import httplib         


        

Answer 1

I saw this error when trying to access a HTTPS/SSL URL using httplib.HTTPConnection

You should use httplib.HTTPSConnection to access SSL urls.