unable to install the python library "requests" on windows 7

Question

Encountering error while running the command

pip install requests

or

pip3 install requests

same error while installing any other python package on this system. Do I need to get any port opened on this system?

Collecting requests
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, stat
us=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL
: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certificate
in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1108)'))': /simple/requests/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, stat
us=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL
: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certificate
in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1108)'))': /simple/requests/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, stat
us=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL
: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certificate
in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1108)'))': /simple/requests/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, stat
us=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL
: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certificate
in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1108)'))': /simple/requests/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, stat
us=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL
: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certificate
in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1108)'))': /simple/requests/
  Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/requests/: There was a problem con
firming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max
 retries exceeded with url: /simple/requests/ (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerific
ationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self
signed certificate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1108)'))) - skipping
  ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement requests (from
versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for requests
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming
 the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max retrie
s exceeded with url: /simple/pip/ (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1
, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed certi
ficate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1108)'))) - skipping

Do you have any kind of firewalls installed on your network? — Anwarvic, May 27 '20 at 09:02
Maybe this is the problem. Try installing anything using `pip` and see if the same error persists. — Anwarvic, May 27 '20 at 09:25
Then try different network.. or contact the IT department with this issue. — Anwarvic, May 27 '20 at 20:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '20 at 15:36

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as suspected the issue was with the firewall. But the way i had to resolve is by finding the authorized process though which I can install libraries in my organization. Regards KK

answered May 28 '20 at 15:36

krishna kashap

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Please accept your own answer, so other people can know that the question is solved. – SealsRock12 May 28 '20 at 15:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '20 at 15:42

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i think your problem is related with a proxy, not a firewall. anyway maybe you can ask pip to ignore the certificate issue, take a read at this post

answered May 28 '20 at 15:42

Andrea Bisello

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unable to install the python library "requests" on windows 7

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