On Jul 24, 3:11 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:24:58 -0700, jakecjacobson wrote: > > I am trying to do a post to a REST API over HTTPS and requires the > > script to pass a cert to the server. I am getting "exceptions.TypeError > > an integer is required" error and can't find the reason. I commenting > > out the lines of code, it is happening on the connection.request() line. > > Here is the problem code. Would love some help if possible. > > Please post the traceback that you get. > > My guess is that you are passing a string instead of an integer, probably > for the port. > > [...] > > > except: > > print sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value > > As a general rule, a bare except of that fashion is bad practice. Unless > you can explain why it is normally bad practice, *and* why your case is > an exception (no pun intended) to the rule "never use bare except > clauses", I suggest you either: > > * replace "except:" with "except Exception:" instead. > > * better still, re-write the entire try block as: > > try: > [code goes here] > finally: > connection.close() > > and use the Python error-reporting mechanism instead of defeating it. > > -- > Steven
Steven, You are quite correct in your statements. My goal was not to make great code but something that I could quickly test. My assumption was that the httplib.HTTPSConnection() would do the cast to int for me. As soon as I cast it to an int, I was able to get past that issue. Still not able to post because I am getting a bad cert error. Jake Jacobson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
