Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'failing': 0.07; 'hosts': 0.07; 'subject:support': 0.07; '*args,': 0.09; 'assuming': 0.09; 'name?': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'def': 0.12; '**kwargs)': 0.16; '**kwargs):': 0.16; 'hostname': 0.16; 'normally,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'urllib2,': 0.16; 'file,': 0.19; 'solution.': 0.20; 'seems': 0.21; 'import': 0.22; 'accepted.': 0.22; 'hack': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'script': 0.25; 'mention': 0.26; 'query': 0.26; 'this:': 0.26; 'subject:/': 0.26; 'required.': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'host': 0.29; 'generally': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'work.': 0.31; 'regular': 0.32; 'proceed': 0.33; "i'd": 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'possible.': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'really': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'changing': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'skip:o 20': 0.38; 'server': 0.38; 'basis.': 0.38; 'easiest': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'though,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'according': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'skip:o 30': 0.61; 'simply': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'address': 0.63; 'different': 0.65; 'forward': 0.65; 'received:109': 0.72; 'forth': 0.81 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Robin Becker Subject: Re: urllib/urllib2 support for specifying ip address Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:51:39 +0100 References: <53A2ABBB.3080907@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 109.174.168.73 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 43 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1403178715 news.xs4all.nl 2841 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56909 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:73416 .......... > > Since you mention urllib2, I'm assuming this is Python 2.x, not 3.x. > The exact version may be significant. > I can use python >= 3.3 if required. > Can you simply query the server by IP address rather than host name? > According to the docs, urllib2.urlopen() doesn't check the > certificate, so it should be accepted. Or does the server insist on > the hostname being correct? > > Failing that, you could monkey-patch socket.create_connection, which > seems to be the thing that ultimately does the work. Something like > this: > > import socket. > orig_create_connection = socket.create_connection > def create_connection(address, *args, **kwargs): > if address == "domainA": address = "1.2.3.4" > return orig_create_connection(address, *args, **kwargs) > socket.create_connection = create_connection > # Proceed to use urllib2.urlopen() > > Untested, but may do what you want. > this seems like a way forward > Normally, though, I'd look at just changing the hosts file, if at all > possible. You're right that it does change state for your whole > computer, but it's generally the easiest solution. > > ChrisA > me too, but I want to start torturing from about 10 different servers so plumbum + a python script seems like a good choice and I would not really want to hack the hosts files back and forth on a regular basis. -- Robin Becker