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Accessing HTTPS Sites with Self-Signed Certs in Python Requests

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Methods to securely access HTTPS sites using self-signed certificates with Python Requests: certifi bundle, custom PEM certs, REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE, SSLContext.

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