SSL error downloading NLTK data

Question

I am trying to download NLTK 3.0 for use with Python 3.6 on Mac OS X 10.7.5, but am getting an SSL error:

import nltk
nltk.download()

Answer 1

Please see answer by @doctorBroctor. It is more correct and safer to use. Leaving answer below as it might be useful for something else.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/42890688/1167890

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This will work by disabling SSL checking.

import nltk
import ssl

try:
    _create_unverified_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
except AttributeError:
    pass
else:
    ssl._create_default_https_context = _create_unverified_https_context

nltk.download()