title: urllib.py doesn't work with https?
body: <p>In my python app I try to open a https url, but I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code> File "C:\Python26\lib\urllib.py", line 215, in open_unknown
      raise IOError, ('url error', 'unknown url type', type)
  IOError: [Errno url error] unknown url type: 'https'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import urllib
  def generate_embedded_doc(doc_id):
      url = "https://docs.google.com/document/ub?id=" + doc_id + "&amp;embedded=true"
      src = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
      ...
      return src
  </code></pre>