urllib.py doesn't work with https?

Question

In my python app I try to open a https url, but I get:

 File \"C:\\Python26\\lib\\urllib.py\", line 215, in open_unknown
    raise IOError, (\'url error\', \         


        

Answer 1

To have SSL support you need to compile Python with OpenSSL. For example under ubuntu lucid you must install the module libcurl4-openssl-dev then re-build Python.