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# protocol

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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.Options.protocol"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">protocol</span></span></div>

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      <p>Gets the protocol being used by the client.</p>
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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.URL.protocol"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">protocol</span></span></div>

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      <p>Read-only property–protocol (HTTP or HTTPS).</p>
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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.ClusterAddressInfo.protocol"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">protocol</span></span></div>

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      <p>Returns the protocol used (‘HTTP’ or ‘HTTPS’). This is derived from the head rank URL. A read-only property.</p>
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      <p>Returns the HTTP protocol being used by the <a className="reference internal" href="#gpudb.GPUdb" title="gpudb.GPUdb"><code className="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span className="pre">GPUdb</span></code></a> object to communicate to the database server.</p>
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