SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED request.get

Question

I am trying to download this url which is a frame on this page.

I have tried like this:

import urllib.request
url = 'https://tips.danskespil.dk/tips13/?#/tps/poolid/2954'
response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
html = response.read()

and also this way:

import requests
page = requests.get(url)

but both ways give me the error: SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED request.get

Any help would be much appriciated.

come on, dude! this question has been asked a million times here. — Oleksandr Kravchuk, Mar 07 '18 at 14:15

Harsh Vedant · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-07T14:43:50.977

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If you're not worried about safety (which you should be) your best bet is to use verify=False in the request function.

page = requests.get(url, verify=False)

You can also set verify to a directory of certificates with trusted CAs like so

verify = '/path/to/certfile'

You can refer to the documentation here for all the ways to get around it

edited Mar 07 '18 at 14:43

answered Mar 07 '18 at 14:15

Harsh Vedant

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This is a very wrong advice to give. – Patrick Mevzek Mar 07 '18 at 14:20
Brilliant - thx. What would be my security concern? - I am asking out of ignorance – somedude Mar 07 '18 at 14:22

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