geopython/OWSLib

• looks like the culprit is the verify=True default in owslib.util.openURL
• perhaps we can change to verify=None and test for the value being set, and then True or False, this might be a short term solution?

diff --git a/owslib/util.py b/owslib/util.py
index 24e7af6..704dfce 100644
--- a/owslib/util.py
+++ b/owslib/util.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class ResponseWrapper(object):


 def openURL(url_base, data=None, method='Get', cookies=None, username=None, password=None, timeout=30, headers=None,
-            verify=True, cert=None, auth=None):
+            verify=None, cert=None, auth=None):
     """
     Function to open URLs.

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def openURL(url_base, data=None, method='Get', cookies=None, username=None, pass
             auth.password = password
         if cert:
             auth.cert = cert
-        if verify and not auth.verify:
+        if verify is not None and verify and not auth.verify:
             auth.verify = verify
     else:
         auth = Authentication(username, password, cert, verify)