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TChi
TChi

Reputation: 383

Twitter.com requests Error

I do not use requests library often so I do not know how to debug this error. I am using some code from github. https://github.com/ashleycoxley/twitter-analytics-export

The error is with the .get function. 

tw_url = "https://twitter.com/"
session = requests.session()
first_req = session.get(tw_url)

Error Message:

requests.exceptions.SSLError: ("bad handshake: Error([('SSL routines', 'ssl3_get_server_certificate', 'certificate verify failed')],)",)

It's probably simple, but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 267

Answers (1)

Grzegorz Oledzki
Grzegorz Oledzki

Reputation: 24251

You can

add verify = False to:

first_req = session.get(tw_url, verify = False)

Explanation

For some reason your Python code doesn't trust the SSL certificate presented by twitter.com. FWIW, it might not be Twitter at all, who your code is talking to.

Most likely this is due to your computer's configuration of trusted Certificate Authorities and/or something in between you and Twitter (e.g. your ISP) interfering with your communication.

And verify=False simply means "I don't care if the server I connect to, is not a real Twitter.com just let me connect to it".

Upvotes: 1

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