Alecz added the comment: I just want to point out that the documentation states that an opener can be used with urlopen:
urllib.request.install_opener(opener) Install an OpenerDirector instance as the default global opener. Installing an opener is only necessary if you want urlopen to use that opener; Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.request.html?highlight=urllib.request#urllib.request.install_opener Issue 17483 was closed (rejected) because it was considered that a custom opener can be used when opening https links. ---------- nosy: +Alecz Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36074/urlopen-explained.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18543> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com