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How do I make https requests using Guile? I make plain http requests using web client

(http-get "http://example.com" #:streaming? #t)

When I try to make https requests the same way, though, I get the 

400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port

error.

Sergo Pasoevi
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The bad news is that, by default, the web client package does not support HTTPS. If you check the source code of the open-socket-for-uri procedure it is clear that only "plain" HTTP is supported.

The good news is that you can specify the #:port parameter to http-get (and all of the http-* methods) to pass a TLS-encrypted I/O port. GnuTLS-Guile provides a mechanism to very easily create a TLS-encrypted socket as a Scheme I/O port.

stiabhan
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