add proxy to dev facade

dev_facade/RW/platform.py

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 session = None
 
+from . import proxy
+
+REQUEST_VERIFY=proxy.get_request_verify()
+
 
 class TemporaryException(Exception):
     pass

dev_facade/RW/proxy.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""
+A file for shared functions relating to proxying requests to the RW API
+"""
+
+import os
+
+def get_request_verify():
+    """Returns the value of the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable, or None if it is not set"""
+
+    if os.getenv("ROBOT_DEV") == "true":
+        return os.getenv("REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE", None)
+    # If we're not in a dev environment, we need to use a workaround to handle the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable
+    # for now to skip verification of the SSL certificate.
+    return get_request_verify_workaround()
+
+def get_request_verify_workaround():
+    """
+    If the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable is not set, returns None. otherwise return False.
+    This is a workaround for the fact that the requests library does not handle the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE
+    environment variable when using a venv by default. There's a potential workaround for this either
+    using pip-system-certs or truststore but this is a workaround for now until there's time to investigate further.
+    """
+
+    if os.getenv("REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE", None) is None:
+        return None
+    return False