@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class Config(object):

     # Disabled by default because can create a latency with a CONTINUE status reply

     # expected for every send file requests.

     use_http_expect = False

+    signurl_use_https = False

     ## Creating a singleton

     def __new__(self, configfile = None, access_key=None, secret_key=None, access_token=None):

@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ def sign_url_base_v2(**parms):

     parms['access_key']=Config.Config().access_key

     parms['host_base']=Config.Config().host_base

     parms['object'] = s3_quote(parms['object'], quote_backslashes=False, unicode_output=True)

+    parms['proto'] = 'http'

+    if Config.Config().signurl_use_https:

+        parms['proto'] = 'https'

     debug("Expiry interpreted as epoch time %s", parms['expiry'])

     signtext = 'GET\n\n\n%(expiry)d\n/%(bucket)s/%(object)s' % parms

     param_separator = '?'

@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ def sign_url_base_v2(**parms):

     debug("Signing plaintext: %r", signtext)

     parms['sig'] = s3_quote(sign_string_v2(encode_to_s3(signtext)), unicode_output=True)

     debug("Urlencoded signature: %s", parms['sig'])

-    url = "http://%(bucket)s.%(host_base)s/%(object)s?AWSAccessKeyId=%(access_key)s&Expires=%(expiry)d&Signature=%(sig)s" % parms

+    url = "%(proto)s://%(bucket)s.%(host_base)s/%(object)s?AWSAccessKeyId=%(access_key)s&Expires=%(expiry)d&Signature=%(sig)s" % parms

     if content_disposition is not None:

         url += "&response-content-disposition=" + s3_quote(content_disposition, unicode_output=True)

     if content_type is not None: