Wikipedia API returns errors when I try and use any method

Question

I installed the Wikipedia-API but I can't get it to work. If I try and use any method on 'page' it gives me an error. This is the only code I have in the project.

import wikipediaapi

wiki_wiki = wikipediaapi.Wikipedia('en')

page = wiki_wiki.page('Mathematics')
print(page.summary)

Here is the error

requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='en.wikipedia.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /w/api.php?titles=Mathematics&exsectionformat=wiki&explaintext=1&format=json&redirects=1&prop=extracts&action=query (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:645)'),))

Check this one, might help you out: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44316292/ssl-sslerror-tlsv1-alert-protocol-version — Klatten, Jun 18 '20 at 05:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '20 at 19:17

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I was able to fix the problem by updating my Python from 3.6 to 3.8 and changing the interpreter within PyCharm.

answered Jun 18 '20 at 19:17

Georgia Martinez

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '20 at 05:37

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your code is fine. I think the problem is something related to certificates. Try upgrading your pyOpenSSL version. Using this command.

pip install pyOpenSSL --upgrade

It will solve your issue!

answered Jun 18 '20 at 05:37

Ransaka Ravihara

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I just tried that and I'm still getting the same error. Before the error in my post, it also gives me a long series of errors that start with "Traceback (most recent call last):" – Georgia Martinez Jun 18 '20 at 05:53
Uninstall pyOpenSSL using `pip uninstall pyOpenSSL ` command and reinstall it. – Ransaka Ravihara Jun 18 '20 at 06:01

Wikipedia API returns errors when I try and use any method

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