bypass ssl security while fetching invalid https url

feed2toot/confparsers/rss/ignoressl.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright © 2015-2019 Carl Chenet <carl.chenet@ohmytux.com>
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
+
+# Get values of the ignoressl option of the rss section
+'''Get values of the ignoressl option of the rss section'''
+
+# standard library imports
+import ssl
+
+def parseignoressl(config, ignore_ssl_from_cli):
+    '''Parse configuration values and get values of the feedparser section'''
+    section = 'rss'
+    option = 'ignore_ssl'
+    if config.has_option(section, option):
+        ignoressl = config.getboolean(section, option)
+    else:
+        ignoressl = ignore_ssl_from_cli
+    return ignoressl

feed2toot/confparsers/rss/uri.py

@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
 
 # standard library imports
 import feedparser
+import ssl
 import sys
 import re
 
-def parseuri(config, clioption, feeds):
+def parseuri(config, clioption, feeds, ignoressl):
     '''Parse configuration value of the uri option of the rss section'''
     rssuri = ''
     feedname =''
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ def parseuri(config, clioption, feeds):
                 sys.exit('{confoption} parameter in the [{section}] section of the configuration file is mandatory. Exiting.'.format(section=section, confoption=confoption))
         else:
             rssuri = clioption
+        # ignore ssl if asked
+        if ignoressl:
+            if hasattr(ssl, '_create_unverified_context'):
+                ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
         # get the rss feed for rss parameter of [rss] section
         feed = feedparser.parse(rssuri)
         if not feed:

feed2toot/confparsers/rss/urilist.py

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 import feedparser
 import logging
 import os.path
+import ssl
 import sys
 import re
 
-def parseurilist(config, accept_bozo_exceptions):
+def parseurilist(config, accept_bozo_exceptions, ignoressl):
     '''Parse configuration value of the uri_list option of the rss section'''
     bozoexception = False
     feeds = []
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ def parseurilist(config, accept_bozo_exceptions):
                     patternstring = ''
                 # split different searched patterns
                 patterns = [i for i in patternstring.split(stringsep) if i]
+                # ignore ssl if asked
+                if ignoressl:
+                    if hasattr(ssl, '_create_unverified_context'):
+                        ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
                 # retrieve the content of the rss
                 feed = feedparser.parse(rss)
                 if 'bozo_exception' in feed: