How do I have python httplib accept untrusted certs?

Question

How do I have python httplib accept untrusted certs? I created a snake oil/self signed cert on my webserver, and my python client fails to connect as I am using a untrusted

Answer 1

From inspecting the Python 2.7.14 source code, you may set an environment variable

PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY=0

and this will cause certificate verification to be disabled by default (this will apply to all requests from your program).

I believe this works from 2.7.12+ - but it does not apply to 3.x.

Ref. PEP 493: Verify HTTPS by default, but allow envvar to override that