Python Requests - SSL error for client side cert
certificate, python, python-requests
Solution
I had this same problem. The `verify` parameter refers to the server's certificate. You want the `cert` parameter to specify your client certificate.
import requests
cert_file_path = "cert.pem"
key_file_path = "key.pem"
url = "https://example.com/resource"
params = {"param_1": "value_1", "param_2": "value_2"}
cert = (cert_file_path, key_file_path)
r = requests.get(url, params=params, cert=cert)
Problem
I'm calling a REST API with requests in python and so far have been successful when I set `verify=False`. Now, I have to use client side cert that I need to import for authentication and I'm getting this error everytime I'm using the `cert (.pfx). cert.pfx` is password protected. ``` r = requests.post(url, params=payload, headers=headers, data=payload, verify='cert.pfx') ``` This is the error I'm getting: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\me\Desktop\test.py", line 65, in <module> r = requests.post(url, params=payload, headers=headers, data=payload, verify=cafile) File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\requests\api.py", line 88, in post return request('post', url, data=data, **kwargs) File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\requests\api.py", line 44, in request return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs) File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 346, in request resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs) File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 449, in send r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs) File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\requests\adapters.py", line 322, in send raise SSLError(e) requests.exceptions.SSLError: unknown error (_ssl.c:2158) ``` I've also tried openssl to get `.pem` and key but with `.pem` and getting `SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED` Can someone please direct me on how to import the certs and where to place it? I tried searching but still faced with the same issue.