[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-493493 ] https error

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Bugs item #493493, was opened at 2001-12-14 15:00
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.2
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Works For Me
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ryan Morillo (srart)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: https error

Initial Comment:
when using urllib.urlopen it raises an IOError: [Errno url error] 
unknown url type: 'https'
trace back:
  File "<pyshell#9>", 
line 1, in ?
    f('https://prodigycentral-
ykt.prodigy.com/tools/wcr.nsf/launch?OpenForm')
  File 
"C:\PYTHON22\lib\urllib.py", line 73, in urlopen
    return 
_urlopener.open(url)
  File "C:\PYTHON22\lib\urllib.py", 
line 175, in open
    return self.open_unknown(fullurl, data)
  
File "C:\PYTHON22\lib\urllib.py", line 187, in open_unknown
    
raise IOError, ('url error', 'unknown url type', type)
IOError: 
[Errno url error] unknown url type: 'https'

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-12-14 21:29

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=6380

This happens when you haven't installed and configured
openssl.

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