urllib.request.urlopen(url) NOT Working

Asked Feb 19 '18 at 21:33

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I am trying to read a simple stock page with the following code. The last line returns an error. I have double checked that the url works and have also tried multiple url's as a check. Any help please?

import urllib.request
url = "https://www.google.com"
data = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()

asked Feb 19 '18 at 21:33

Will Bachrach

What is the error you get ? – Chetan_Vasudevan Feb 19 '18 at 21:35
'Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1318, in do_open encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding')) – Will Bachrach Feb 19 '18 at 21:53
Below is the full error. It is quite lengthy but I'll post it if it can help. – Will Bachrach Feb 19 '18 at 21:55
Have a look at this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41691327/ssl-sslerror-ssl-certificate-verify-failed-certificate-verify-failed-ssl-c – Chetan_Vasudevan Feb 19 '18 at 21:55
Perfect! That worked.Thank you! – Will Bachrach Feb 19 '18 at 22:07
Welcome :) But please google before asking a question – Chetan_Vasudevan Feb 19 '18 at 22:08
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Thank you. I will. I tried to find the answer to this for over an hour. No luck. I need to brush up on my google skills as well i guess.... – Will Bachrach Feb 19 '18 at 22:11

urllib.request.urlopen(url) NOT Working

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