How to Retrieve Data from an HTTPS://URL

[Peter Hansen]

Harlin Seritt wrote:
> I am trying to pull data from a web page at https://localhost/wps.
> While this would work if the url was http://localhost/wps, it doesn't
> work with 'https.'
> 
> I can do this:
> 
> import urllib
> data = urllib.urlopen('http://localhost/wps').read()
> 
> But not with https. How can I pull data from a https url?

Does the site you are trying also require a password?  Is it a public 
site and if so what is it?

What platform are you using?  What version of Python and OS?

Think also if you're missing other potentially critical details that 
will help us out, and please fill them in.

-Peter