How can I test https connections with Django as easily as I can non-https connections using 'runserver'?

Question

I have an application that uses \"secure\" cookies and want to test it\'s functionality without needing to set up a complicated SSL enabled development server. Is there any

Answer 1

Signup to https://ngrok.com/. You can use https to test. This might help people who just want to quickly test https.

Answer 2

I would recommend using the django-sslserver package.

The current package on PyPI only supports up to Django version 1.5.5 but a patch has been committed via 5d4664c. With this fix the system runs well and is a pretty simple and straightforward solution for testing https connections.

UPDATE: Since I posted my answer the commit above has been merged into the master branch and a new release has been pushed to PyPI. So there shouldn't be any need to specify the 5d4664c commit for that specific fix.

Answer 3

It can be done in one line with socat:

socat openssl-listen:8443,fork,reuseaddr,cert=server.pem,verify=0 tcp:localhost:8000

, where 8443 is a port to listen for incoming HTTPS connections, server.pem is a self-signed server certificate and localhost:8000 is a debug HTTP server launched as usual.

More details: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/doc/socat-openssltunnel.html