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Author	orsenthil
Recipients	brian.curtin, cameron, orsenthil
Date	2010-01-26.03:08:36
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Message-id	<1264475319.23.0.146535977649.issue7776@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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As you noticed, the _set_tunnel method is a private method not intended to be used directly. Its being used by urllib2 when https through proxy is required. urllib2 works like this, it reads HTTPS_PROXY environment variable (in turn includes HTTPSProxyHandler and HTTPSProxyAuthenticationHandler) and then try to do a urlopen on an https:// url or a request object through the tunnel doing a CONNECT instead of a GET. How do think the docs can be improved? If you have any suggestions please upload a patch. Thanks.

As you noticed, the _set_tunnel method is a private method not intended to be used directly. Its being used by urllib2 when https through proxy is required.
urllib2 works like this, it reads HTTPS_PROXY environment variable (in turn includes HTTPSProxyHandler and HTTPSProxyAuthenticationHandler) and then try to do a urlopen on an https:// url or a request object through the tunnel doing a  CONNECT instead of a GET.

How do think the docs can be improved? If you have any suggestions please upload a patch. 
Thanks.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-01-26 03:08:39	orsenthil	set	recipients: + orsenthil, cameron, brian.curtin
2010-01-26 03:08:39	orsenthil	set	messageid: <1264475319.23.0.146535977649.issue7776@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2010-01-26 03:08:36	orsenthil	create