When running pip to install packages over https the message
InsecurePlatformWarning
is a self-described "warning", which is actually an error. It causes pip installations to fail. The fix is to install the security feature with
pip install requests[security]
or
pip install pyOpenSSL ndg-httpsclient pyasn1
according to many different StackOverflow and other threads.
I'm pretty sure this solution worked for me in the past on several machines. However, the solution throws the same error on one of my machines:
E:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\requests\packages\urllib3\util\ssl_.py :122: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This p revents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL con nections to fail. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this. Fo r more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#i nsecureplatformwarning. InsecurePlatformWarning
As far as taking the advice in the message to upgrade Python, I can't for this particular machine and use case.
