title: How do I use a .cer file as part of a python request
body: <p>Say that I have a cer file called symantec-class3.cer, this is what I'm trying:</p>
  
  <pre><code>headers = {"content-type": "application/json"}
  api_url = "https://www.someurl.com/search"
  pprint.pprint(requests.post(api_url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(username, password), verify="symantec-class3.cer", data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers).json())
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is not liking it and spews out the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>requests.exceptions.SSLError: [Errno 0] _ssl.c:344: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It works fine if I turn verify False, but I'm trying to use a cert file in my local directory. </p>