httplib: closing a web connection properly

# VERSION 2
import httplib, urllib, linecache, string, os
#Using input for value if raw input variable saved as string
#could use raw_input and convert using int(x)
x = input("Number of times to run? ")

# FUNCTION TO REPEATE VIA RECURSION
def recurse(x): 
    if x<=0: 
        # If x is less than or equal to 0 finish
        print "Done."
    else: 
        # Main working part of program
        # This section will connect to web site and get data
        params = urllib.urlencode({'username': 'test', 'password': 'test'})
        h = httplib.HTTPS(host = "test.site.com", port = 443, key_file = "fake.pem", cert_file = "fake.pem")
        h.putrequest('POST', '/scripts/cgi.exe?')
        h.putheader('Content-length', '%d'%len(params))
        h.putheader('Accept', 'text/plain')
        h.putheader('Host', 'test.site.com')
        h.endheaders()
        h.send(params)
        reply, msg, hdrs = h.getreply()
        data = h.getfile().read()
        file('testing.html', 'w').write(data)
        h.close()
        
        # Find exact line to match against for sessionID and user/pass
        test = linecache.getline('testing.html', 23)
        os.remove('testing.html')
        new = string.split(test, '.')
        print string.lstrip(new[6], chars = 'exe?'), new[7]
        file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write(string.lstrip(new[6], chars = 'exe?'))
        file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write('   ')
        file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write(string.lstrip(new[7]))
        file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write('\n')
        recurse(x-1)

# MAIN BODY ;) Not much to it.  Check the else section of the recurse function
recurse(x)

import httplib, urllib, linecache, string, os
#Using input for value if raw input variable saved as string
#could use raw_input and convert using int(x)

def getdata(): 
    # Main working part of program
    # This section will connect to web site and get data
    params = urllib.urlencode({'username': 'test', 'password': 'test'})
    h = httplib.HTTPS(host = "192.168.11.4", port = 443, key_file = "fake.pem", cert_file = "fake.pem")
    print dir(h.sock)
    h.putrequest('POST', '/scripts/cgi.exe?')
    h.putheader('Content-length', '%d'%len(params))
    h.putheader('Accept', 'text/plain')
    h.putheader('Host', 'test.site.com')
    h.endheaders()
    h.send(params)
    reply, msg, hdrs = h.getreply()
    data = h.getfile().read()
    file('testing.html', 'w').write(data)
    h.close()
    del h
    
    # Find exact line to match against for sessionID and user/pass
    test = linecache.getline('testing.html', 23)
    os.remove('testing.html')
    new = string.split(test, '.')
    print string.lstrip(new[6], chars = 'exe?'), new[7]
    file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write(string.lstrip(new[6], chars = 'exe?'))
    file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write('   ')
    file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write(string.lstrip(new[7]))
    file('sessionIDs.txt', 'a').write('\n')



x = input("Number of times to run? ")
while x: 
    getdata()
    x -= 1

    def close(self): 
        self._conn.close()

        # note that self.file == response.fp, which gets closed by the
        # superclass. just clear the object ref here.
        ### hmm. messy. if status==-1, then self.file is owned by us.
        ### well... we aren't explicitly closing, but losing this ref will
        ### do it
        self.file = None