How to make HTTPS requests



  • Hello, is there a way to make HTTPS requests?
    I have tried many different ways, but even wrapping a SSL socket generated errors. I am really confused right now.. I have LoPy with the latest firmware (1.6.13.b1).



  • Does it work reliably if repeated for hundreds of requests? Properly raised exceptions are acceptable in my opinion.



  • I want to share with you the code that worked for me afterall:

    =========================================================================

    import socket, ssl

    server = ('192.168.0.105', 25566)

    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) #def socket.IPPROTO_TCP
    sslsock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock)
    sslsock.connect(server)
    sslsock.send('GET /ping HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n')
    print(sslsock.recv(200))
    sslsock.close() #automatically closes underlying socket

    ==============================================

    import urequests

    url = 'https://192.168.0.105:25566/ping'
    resp = urequests.request('GET', url)
    print(resp.content)

    ===============================================

    import urequests

    url = 'https://192.168.0.105:25566/register'
    headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
    data = {'email':'email@gmail.com', 'password':'password', 'fullName':'My Name'}

    resp = urequests.request('POST', url, json=data, headers=headers)
    print(resp.content)

    ======================================================================

    I still get OSERROR or EHOSTUNREACH from time to time, especially when I try to make these requests one after another. My guess is that there are some resources that are not freed when closing the socket.



  • I hope that the issue will be fixed soon, however it is fully in hands of Pycom team or maybe something will have to be fixed by Espressif in esp-idf.

    You could try to write your own library which will compile requests and parse responses, however if the issue is caused e.g. by ssl.wrap_socket() you will face similar behavior.



  • Thanks,

    Will these be implemented officially in the near future? What alternatives do I have?
    I guess I could do well with TCP + separate encryption, right?



  • I could do POST over HTTPS using urequests.py library, however it is unstable/unreliable:

    https://forum.pycom.io/topic/1061/https-post-using-urequests-py-and-guru-mediation-error/

    It works good enough for doing experiments but not for long-running applications.



  • @lebucur SSL should work if the WiPY (LoPy) is the client. The problem with ssl.wrap_socket() arises when the WiPy (LoPy) is the Server Side. Try also to use the urequests.py lib.



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