HTTPS request via TCP Socket - CircuitPython on Espressif

code.py

# initial read only (typically headers)

import wifi
import socketpool
import ssl
import ipaddress
from secrets import secrets

HOST = "example.com"
PATH = "/"
PORT = 443
TIMEOUT = 60
MAXBUF = 4096

print("Connecting to wifi")
wifi.radio.connect(secrets["ssid"], secrets["password"])
pool = socketpool.SocketPool(wifi.radio)

print("Create TCP Client Socket")
sock = pool.socket(pool.AF_INET, pool.SOCK_STREAM)

context = ssl.create_default_context()
# context.check_hostname = False  # can change dynamically (per-URL)
s = context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=HOST)

s.settimeout(TIMEOUT)

print("Connecting")
s.connect((HOST, PORT))

size = s.send(f"GET {PATH} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {HOST}:{PORT}\r\n\r\n".encode())
print("Sent", size, "bytes")

# just get the first hunk and call it a day
buf = bytearray(MAXBUF)
size = s.recv_into(buf)
print('Received', size, "bytes", buf[:size])

s.close()
print("Done-ish.")