SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED with urllib

Question

I\'m running into trouble with the module urllib (Python 3.6). Every time I use the module, I get a page\'s worth of errors.

what\'s wrong with urllib and how to fi

Answer 1

a dirty but fast hack like this do the job for me:

import ssl

ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

Answer 2

I had the same issue. My python version is 3.6.5 and I'm on Mac OSX. When I tried to connect to the HTTPS sites I started getting the

<urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:833)>

exception. So, it was so obvious to me that the python on my machine has no certificates. I just ran the file from the path /Applications/Python 3.6 with a file name Install Certificates.command. This solved my issue. I reffered to this post.

Answer 3

To fix the problem, open your bash and write:

cd /Applications/Python 3.6

then:

sudo Certificates.command

Answer 4

There is command line program that you can run on MacOsX that will install the certificates:

sudo /Applications/Python\ 3.6/Install\ Certificates.command

The sudo command will prompt for you password to elevate your privileges.