Example of using PyCurl.....

pycurlexample.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import urllib2
import json
import getpass
import sys



def rest_uptime(password):
    username = raw_input("Username: ")
    password = getpass.getpass('Password: ')
    password_mgr = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()

    link = "https://nmmon2:9997/api/v1/groups/2/status"
    authmgr = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(password_mgr)
    authmgr.add_password(None, "https://nmmon2:9997/api/v1/groups/2/status", username.strip(), password)
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(authmgr)
    urllib2.install_opener(opener)
    try:
        req = urllib2.Request(link)
        handle = urllib2.urlopen(req)
        print("Authentication done..")
        for i in handle.readlines():
            for j in i.split(','):
               print( json.dumps(j, sort_keys=True, indent=14, separators=(',', ': ')))

    except IOError, e:
        if hasattr(e, 'code'):
            print 'Error code - %s.' % e.code
        elif hasattr(e, 'reason'):
            print "Error object reason:", e.reason
            sys.exit()

def curl_get():
    import pycurl, json
    import cStringIO
    import getpass

    uptime_url = "https://nmmon2:9997/api/v1/groups/"
    ########################
    # Define Username and Password like so username:password
    ########################
    user_pwd = "nmjlj23:GangnumStyle"
    ########################
    # Create handler for the info from page
    ########################
    buf = cStringIO.StringIO()
    ########################
    # Create object to perform changes to link(SSL, HEADER INFO, etc..)
    ########################
    c = pycurl.Curl()
    c.setopt(pycurl.USERAGENT, "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; pycurl)")
    
    ########################
    #Define SSL for Link
    ########################
    c.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0) 
    c.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2) 
    
    ########################
    #Process URL
    ########################
    c.setopt(pycurl.URL, uptime_url)
    
    ########################
    #Pass Userid and Password
    ########################
    c.setopt(pycurl.USERPWD, user_pwd)
    
    ########################
    #Turn on debug to see session progress
    ########################
    c.setopt(pycurl.VERBOSE, True)
    
    ########################
    # Pass Page Content to buffer
    ########################
    print c.setopt(c.WRITEFUNCTION, buf.write)
    c.setopt(c.VERBOSE, True)
    ########################
    # Perform Request
    ########################
    print c.perform()
    
    ########################
    # Print the retrieved info to the screen
    ########################
    print buf.getvalue()


#rest_uptime(password)
curl_get()