Support unspecified protocol in base_url when using TLS

docker/client.py

@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ def __init__(self, base_url=None, version=None,
                  timeout=constants.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, tls=False):
         super(Client, self).__init__()
 
-        if tls and (not base_url or not base_url.startswith('https://')):
+        if tls and not base_url:
             raise errors.TLSParameterError(
-                'If using TLS, the base_url argument must begin with '
-                '"https://".')
+                'If using TLS, the base_url argument must be provided.'
+            )
 
         self.base_url = base_url
         self.timeout = timeout
 
         self._auth_configs = auth.load_config()
 
-        base_url = utils.parse_host(base_url, sys.platform)
+        base_url = utils.parse_host(base_url, sys.platform, tls=bool(tls))
         if base_url.startswith('http+unix://'):
             self._custom_adapter = unixconn.UnixAdapter(base_url, timeout)
             self.mount('http+docker://', self._custom_adapter)

docker/utils/utils.py

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def parse_repository_tag(repo_name):
 # fd:// protocol unsupported (for obvious reasons)
 # Added support for http and https
 # Protocol translation: tcp -> http, unix -> http+unix
-def parse_host(addr, platform=None):
+def parse_host(addr, platform=None, tls=False):
     proto = "http+unix"
     host = DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST
     port = None
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def parse_host(addr, platform=None):
             raise errors.DockerException(
                 "Invalid bind address protocol: {0}".format(addr)
             )
-        proto = "http"
+        proto = "https" if tls else "http"
 
     if proto != "http+unix" and ":" in addr:
         host_parts = addr.split(':')

tests/unit/utils_test.py

@@ -360,6 +360,11 @@ def test_parse_host_empty_value(self):
 
             assert parse_host(val, 'win32') == tcp_port
 
+    def test_parse_host_tls(self):
+        host_value = 'myhost.docker.net:3348'
+        expected_result = 'https://myhost.docker.net:3348'
+        self.assertEqual(parse_host(host_value, None, True), expected_result)
+
 
 class ParseRepositoryTagTest(base.BaseTestCase):
     sha = 'e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855'