The Splunk SDK library supports pluggable HTTP request handlers that enable the library to be used with alternate HTTP request implementations.

This feature can be used to supply implementations with support for features not included in the default request handler (which is based on httplib), such as support for HTTP proxies and server certificate validation. It can also be used to provide implementations with additional logging or diagnostic output for debugging.

This directory contains a collection of examples that demonstrate various alternative HTTP request handlers.

• handler_urllib2.py is a simple request handler implemented using urllib2.

• handler_debug.py wraps the default request handler and prints some simple request information to stdout.

• handler_proxy.py implements support for HTTP requests via a proxy.

• handler_certs.py implements a hander that validates server certs.