http to https forwarding

[David Iungerich]

Has anyone setup anything to implement the following scenario.  I need to do
it, and fast.  Thanks in advance for any help.

I need to an http to https forwarder.   My scenario is as follows:

I have an appserver that needs to POST http requests to another company's
appserver. Unfortunately, the particular product we are using has issues
being able to send https, and the other company requires it. They have
issued us certificates to talk to them. I need to be able to send http POST
reqests to a middle man (Python), have it encrypt the request with the other
company's provided cert, and then pass the POST onto that company's server
via https.  No browser involved. Eventually, I will need to do the same
thing in reverse, but initially I just need to be able to send in this
direction.  Can anyone tell me the specifics of how to do this with Python,
or point me to an implementation already done that I could use.  Again, our
server http to Python middle man, then encrypt, and send to other company's
server via https.  I'm not rigid with the use of Python, I just know there
is some stuff already available to do parts of this.

Thanks in advance,

David

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