urllib.requests.urlopen() causes CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED on MacOS

Asked May 04 '18 at 17:18

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I am trying to familiarize myself with the urllib module in Python 3. The code below is not working on my computer but works when I test it on repl.it for some reason.

Please let me know what I am doing wrong, I am running python 3.6.5 if that helps.

    import urllib.request 
    req = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.pythonprogramming.net') 
    print (req.read())

The error I get is

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

I am using a Mac

edited May 04 '18 at 19:29

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asked May 04 '18 at 17:18

Ramanujan

You will need to provide the error if you want any help – Nick Chapman May 04 '18 at 18:36
urllib.error.URLError: This is the error. I am using a Mac – Ramanujan May 04 '18 at 18:38

urllib.requests.urlopen() causes CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED on MacOS

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