<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>7.2.2 SSL Objects </title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="7.2.2 SSL Objects "> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="lib"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset="> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="lib.css"> <link rel="first" href="lib.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="next" href="socket-example.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="socket-objects.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="module-socket.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="socket-example.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="socket-objects.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="module-socket.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="socket-example.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Library Reference</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><a href="modindex.html" title="Module Index"><img src="../icons/modules.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Module Index" width="32"></a></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="socket-objects.html">7.2.1 Socket Objects</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="module-socket.html">7.2 socket </A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="socket-example.html">7.2.3 Example</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION009220000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 7.2.2 SSL Objects </H2> <P> SSL objects have the following methods. <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-1913"><tt class="method">write</tt></a></b>(<var>s</var>) <dd> Writes the string <var>s</var> to the on the object's SSL connection. The return value is the number of bytes written. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-1914"><tt class="method">read</tt></a></b>(<big>[</big><var>n</var><big>]</big>) <dd> If <var>n</var> is provided, read <var>n</var> bytes from the SSL connection, otherwise read until EOF. The return value is a string of the bytes read. </dl> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="socket-objects.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="module-socket.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="socket-example.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Library Reference</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><a href="modindex.html" title="Module Index"><img src="../icons/modules.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Module Index" width="32"></a></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="socket-objects.html">7.2.1 Socket Objects</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="module-socket.html">7.2 socket </A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="socket-example.html">7.2.3 Example</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 2.2, documentation updated on December 21, 2001.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> See <i><a href="about.html">About this document...</a></i> for information on suggesting changes. </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>