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sweavo
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

python3 and API V2: turn off certificate checking?

I'm using python3 and used pip install dropbox.   On my home machine, I use the sample with dbx.users_get_curent_account()  and it works fine.  On the work VPN, I get a stream of exceptions (past...
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sweavo
Explorer | Level 4

Alternatively, getting to add a trusted root certificate would work too.  requests can do this, and requests is used under the hood, I'm looking for a way to set up requests under the dropbox module.

 

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

The Dropbox Python SDK does use the requests library. You can find where it's imported and used here and here. The trusted certificates are loaded from this file at this point in the code. You could potentially modify that file or code, though I should reiterate again that as a matter of security we do not recommend doing so.

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