[fpc-pascal] Lazarus 2.0.10 FPC 3.2.0 TFPHTTPClient no longer supports https

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2020, Dennis wrote:

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> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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>> On Wed, 5 Aug 2020, Dennis wrote:
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>>> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 5 Aug 2020, Dennis wrote:
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>>>>> After upgrading to Lazarus 2.0.10 FPC 3.2.0 , my existing code 
>>>>> using TFPHTTPClient.Get('https://api.telegram.org/bot')
>>>>> returns the error "No SSL Socket support compiled in"
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>>>>> How can I fix it?
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>>>> Simply add one of the units opensslsockets or gnutlssockets to the uses
>>>> clause of the program.
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>>> I added gnutlssockets  but when calling Get, i got this error:
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>>> Could not load library: libgnutls.so
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>> Do you have gnutls installed, and does the symbolic link exist ?
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> I have not installed gnutls. The machine is running windows 64.
> So, the error message simply means  the *.dll files of gnutls are missing?

Yes.

if you previously used openssl, then use unit opensslsockets instead, it should work as before.

(although I think GnuTLS is easier and better; it has less legacy than openssl)

Michael.