CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python-3.xnlppython-3.6spacy
Siddharth Das
Siddharth Das

Reputation: 1115

unable to download spacy model

Downloading spacy "en" model by following command 

python -m spacy download en

throws URL error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/Users/siddharthdas/venvs/chai/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spacy/__main__.py", line 31, in <module>
    plac.call(commands[command], sys.argv[1:])
  File "/Users/siddharthdas/venvs/chai/lib/python3.6/site-packages/plac_core.py", line 328, in call
    cmd, result = parser.consume(arglist)
  File "/Users/siddharthdas/venvs/chai/lib/python3.6/site-packages/plac_core.py", line 207, in consume
    return cmd, self.func(*(args + varargs + extraopts), **kwargs)
  File "/Users/siddharthdas/venvs/chai/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spacy/cli/download.py", line 30, in download
    shortcuts = get_json(about.__shortcuts__, "available shortcuts")
  File "/Users/siddharthdas/venvs/chai/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spacy/cli/download.py", line 55, in get_json
    data = url_read(url)
  File "/Users/siddharthdas/venvs/chai/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spacy/compat.py", line 82, in url_read
    file_ = url_open(url)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 223, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 526, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 544, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1361, in https_open
    context=self._context, check_hostname=self._check_hostname)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1320, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:749)>

Then I tried installing Install Certificates.command but it didn't solved the problem.

Specifications:

OS: Mac High Sierra

ENV: venv (python virtual environment)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2354

Answers (1)

Ines Montani
Ines Montani

Reputation: 7105

The problem might be related to this issue and PR, and the fact that unlike requests, urllib doesn't check for certificates in extra places.

After some back and forth, the upcoming version of spaCy will revert this change and go back to using requests – dropping the dependency just wasn't worth the hassle. In the meantime, you can always download and install the models manually by pointing pip install to the direct URL. See this section in the docs for details.

Upvotes: 3

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