# Python HTTPS Support

**URL:** <https://community.wd.com/t/python-https-support/213822>\
**Category:** My Cloud OS 3\
**Created:** [August 1, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/python-https-support/213822 "2017-08-01T06:37:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![joaoamaral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wd/user_avatar/community.wd.com/joaoamaral/32/46813_2.png) [@joaoamaral](https://community.wd.com/u/joaoamaral)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/python-https-support/213822/1 "2017-08-01T06:37:00Z")

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Im getting this message:

```
HTTPS support is only available if the socket module was compiled with SSL support.

```

I can’t use HTTPS with Python

I search for a solution online and I got this:

Most likely your Python installation or operating system is broken.

Python has only support for HTTPS if it was compiled with HTTPS support. However, this should be the default for all sane installations.

> **[http.client — HTTP protocol client](https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.client.html)**
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> Source code: Lib/http/client.py This module defines classes that implement the client side of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is normally not used directly — the module urllib.request uses it to h...

Is this true?

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**Author:** ![ERmorel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wd/user_avatar/community.wd.com/ermorel/32/19770_2.png) [@ERmorel](https://community.wd.com/u/ERmorel)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/python-https-support/213822/2 "2017-08-01T21:02:15Z")

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Hello,

I haven’t work with this unit, Let’s see if any of the users can share some information about it.