feat(SSL): Support to disable SSL certificate verification

README.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Python client library to quickly get started with the various [Watson APIs][wdc]
   * [Changes for v2.0](#changes-for-v20)
   * [Migration](#migration)
   * [Configuring the http client](#configuring-the-http-client-supported-from-v110)
+  * [Disable SSL certificate verification](#disable-ssl-certificate-verification)
   * [Sending request headers](#sending-request-headers)
   * [Parsing HTTP response info](#parsing-http-response-info)
   * [Dependencies](#dependencies)
@@ -203,6 +204,13 @@ response = assistant.message(workspace_id=workspace_id, input={
 print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
 ```
 
+## Disable SSL certificate verification
+For ICP(IBM Cloud Private), you can disable the SSL certificate verification by:
+
+```python
+service.disable_SSL_verification()
+```
+
 ## Sending request headers
 Custom headers can be passed in any request in the form of a `dict` as:
 ```python

test/unit/test_watson_service.py

@@ -163,3 +163,11 @@ def test_for_icp():
     assert service2.username is not None
     assert service2.password is not None
     assert service2.url is 'service_url'
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_disable_SSL_verification():
+    service1 = AnyServiceV1('2017-07-07', api_key='icp-xxxx', url='service_url')
+    assert service1.verify is None
+
+    service1.disable_SSL_verification()
+    assert service1.verify is False

watson_developer_cloud/watson_service.py

@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ def __init__(self, vcap_services_name, url, username=None, password=None,
         self.iam_access_token = None
         self.iam_url = None
         self.token_manager = None
+        self.verify = None # Indicates whether to ignore verifying the SSL certification
 
         user_agent_string = 'watson-apis-python-sdk-' + __version__ # SDK version
         user_agent_string += ' ' + platform.system() # OS
@@ -349,6 +350,9 @@ def set_http_config(self, http_config):
         else:
             raise TypeError("http_config parameter must be a dictionary")
 
+    def disable_SSL_verification(self):
+        self.verify = False
+
     def set_detailed_response(self, detailed_response):
         self.detailed_response = detailed_response
 
@@ -445,6 +449,10 @@ def request(self, method, url, accept_json=False, headers=None,
                 params['api_key'] = self.api_key
 
         kwargs = dict(kwargs, **self.http_config)
+
+        if self.verify is not None:
+            kwargs['verify'] = self.verify
+
         response = requests.request(method=method, url=full_url,
                                     cookies=self.jar, auth=auth,
                                     headers=headers,