Get SSL Server Certificate

Demonstrates how to retrieve the SSL server certificate for a site. This method establishes an SSL/TLS connection with a web server for the purpose of retrieving the SSL certificate, which may then be examined via the Chilkat certificate API.

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import sys
import chilkat

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print http.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Notice:  The GetServerSslCert method is available in any
#  release dated after 7-April-2009

#  Get the SSL cert for paypal.com

# cert is a CkCert
cert = http.GetServerSslCert("paypal.com",443)
if (cert == None ):
    print http.lastErrorText()
else:
    print cert.subjectDN()