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Updated README with link to certifi.io and install instructions
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Certifi: Python SSL Certificates
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This installable Python package contains a CA Bundle that you can reference
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in your Python code. This is useful for verifying HTTP requests, for example.
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`Certifi`_ is a carefully curated collection of Root Certificates for
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validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity
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of TLS hosts. It has been extracted from the `Requests`_ project.
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This is the same CA Bundle which ships with the Requests codebase, and is
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derived from Mozilla Firefox's canonical set.
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Installation
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`certifi` is available on PyPI. Simply install it with `pip`::
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sudo pip install certifi
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Usage
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>>> certifi.where()
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'/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/certifi/cacert.pem'
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Enjoy!
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Enjoy!
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.. _`Certifi`: http://certifi.io/en/latest/
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.. _`Requests`: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/

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