ndg_httpsclient_https_get_with_ssl_verification.py

1import urllib2
2from ndg.httpsclient.https import HTTPSContextHandler
3
4# The URL to be fetched
5url = 'https://www.google.com/'
6
7# Create a custom opener that uses the ndg-httpsclient HTTPSContextHandler
8# This handler adds support for Server Name Indication (SNI) and 
9# improved SSL certificate verification to urllib2.
10opener = urllib2.build_opener(HTTPSContextHandler())
11
12# Use the opener to perform the request
13response = opener.open(url)
14
15# Read and print the content
16print(response.read())