Native HTTPS support

[riptl]

pythd does not natively support connecting to HTTPS endpoints.

#49 is a brittle workaround. Several users are having issues connecting to nodes that require TLS. Having to manage an additional NGINX instance is an added maintenance burden and introduces another single point of failure.

Please consider using a HTTP client library such as

• https://cpp-netlib.org/#
• https://github.com/jpbarrette/curlpp

[SEJeff]

This is a known issue and on the roadmap. Thanks for the input.

[niclar]

We can only second that

[jayantk]

we're working on addressing this in a new version.