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authorJan Kundrát <jkt@flaska.net>2014-09-25 20:06:04 +0200
committerJan Kundrát <jkt@flaska.net>2014-09-25 20:06:04 +0200
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parentde76fbeefbeae0974725e9470105347804d07349 (diff)
downloadpython-requests-3635b1501d5bfb17678404f199fb6efe2b3249ff.tar.gz
docs: Clarify how to pass a custom set of CAs
This new wording makes it hopefully easier to find how to override the system-provided list of trusted CAs. I failed to find this through some googling and had to resort to asking on IRC previously.
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@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ I don't have SSL setup on this domain, so it fails. Excellent. GitHub does thoug
>>> requests.get('https://github.com', verify=True)
<Response [200]>
-You can also pass ``verify`` the path to a CA_BUNDLE file for private certs. You can also set the ``REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE`` environment variable.
+You can pass ``verify`` the path to a CA_BUNDLE file with certificates of trusted CAs. This list of trusted CAs can also be specified through the ``REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE`` environment variable.
Requests can also ignore verifying the SSL certificate if you set ``verify`` to False.