How can I run WebTest request with https?

Question

I am using Python's WebTest with a Google App Engine wsgi application. My issue is that I cannot figure out how to do a https request using WebTest. I need to do a https request in order to test my authentication flow.

Are there any additional arguments I should be passing to this for https?

app.get('/path', [params], [headers], [extra_environ], ...)

Also, I seem to have found the documentation (top link), but I am wondering where the API reference spec is located. Thank you.

Answer 1

You're thinking at the wrong level. webtest doesn't make any kind of real HTTP request, using SSL or not: it communicates directly with the WSGI application. Whether the network connection is secure or not is between the client and the server, and nothing to do with the WSGI app; it's not something you can test with a tool like webtest.

That said, the API documentation for webtest is here.