exceptions.TypeError an integer is required

[Terry Reedy]

jakecjacobson wrote:
> I am trying to do a post to a REST API over HTTPS and requires the
> script to pass a cert to the server.  I am getting
> "exceptions.TypeError an integer is required" error and can't find the
> reason.  I commenting out the lines of code, it is happening on the
> connection.request() line.  Here is the problem code.  Would love some
> help if possible.
> 
> 	head = {"Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
> "Accept" : "text/plain"}
> 	parameters = urlencode({"collection" : collection, "entryxml" : open
> (file,'r').read()})
> 	try:
> 		connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection(host, port, key_file,
> cert_file)
> 		connection.request('POST', path, parameters, head)
> 		response = connection.getresponse()
> 		print response.status, response.reason
> 	except:
> 		print sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value
> 
> 	connection.close()

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