Python code for sending requests with certificate, private encrypted key and password

Question

I'm trying to fetch response from an https call which has certificate installed atits side. This is my code

import requests
import urllib3

urllib3.disable_warnings()

cert_file_path = "/path/output-crt-file-name.crt"
key_file_path = "/path/output-key-file-name.key"
passwd = 'secretpass'
print(passwd)
url = "https://url/to/fetch/response"
params = {"AppID": "xxxx", "Safe": "xxxx", "Folder": "Root",
          "Object": "xxxx"}
cert = (cert_file_path, key_file_path, passwd)
r = requests.get(url, params=params, cert=cert, verify=True )
print(r.text)

which throws error

Caused by SSLError('Client private key is encrypted, password is required'

Please suggest.

Answer 1

I'm afraid requests doesn't currently support using encrypted private key, see https://2.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#client-side-certificates:

The private key to your local certificate must be unencrypted. Currently, Requests does not support using encrypted keys.

See https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/59136/can-i-add-a-password-to-an-existing-private-key for instructions how to remove your key's encryption.