python xmlrpc client with ssl client certificates and standard modules

[Martin v. Loewis]

> I can do xmlrpc over ssl WITHOUT certificates with following code:
> 
> import xmlrpclib
> server_url = 'https://myserver'
> server = xmlrpclib.Server(server_url);
> 
> 
> and I can perform a https get request WITH certificates with below snippet:
> 
> import httplib
> conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(
>     	HOSTNAME,
>     	key_file = KEYFILE,
>     	cert_file = CERTFILE
> )
> conn.putrequest('GET', '/')
> conn.endheaders()
> response = conn.getresponse()
> print response.read()
> 
> 
> I'm just lost of how to 'combine' both.

In this case, read through the source of xmlrpclib:

a) SafeTransport receives x509 parameters from get_host_info
b) get_host_info supports a case where host is a tuple host, x509

So, without testing:

server = xmlrpclib.Server((server_url, {'key_file': KEYFILE,
                                        'cert_file': CERTFILE}))

Please do read the code before trying this out.

HTH,
Martin