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Python Basic HTTPS webservice

The basic webservice module in my previous posting does not support https or ssl encryption. Here is how I finally managed to work it out: # Basic https web server import socket, ssl host = '' port = 8080 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) sock.bind((host, port)) sock.listen(1) while 1: osock, caddr = sock.accept() csock = ssl.wrap_socket(osock, server_side=True, certfile="servercert.cer", keyfile="serverkey.key", ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23) cfile = csock.makefile('rw', 0) # Protocol exchange - read request msg = "GO AWAY!" while 1: line = cfile.readline().strip() if line == "GET /echotest HTTP/1.1": msg = "ECHOTEST OK"