I installed python 3.6 using
brew install python3
and tried to download a file with six.moves.urllib.request.urlretrieve
from an https, but it throws the error
ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:749)
In the Python installation (from .pkg), the README indicates that one needs to run the Install Certificates.command
after the installation to
- install
certifi
- symlink the certification path to
certify
path
to be able to use certificates.
However, in brew install, this file does not exist and it does not seem to be run.
It seems that, for some reason, Brew has not run the Install Certificates.command
that comes in the Python3 bundle for Mac. The solution to this issue is to run the following script (copied from Install Certificates.command
) after brew install python3
:
# install_certifi.py
#
# sample script to install or update a set of default Root Certificates
# for the ssl module. Uses the certificates provided by the certifi package:
# https://pypi.python.org/pypi/certifi
import os
import os.path
import ssl
import stat
import subprocess
import sys
STAT_0o775 = ( stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR
| stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IWGRP | stat.S_IXGRP
| stat.S_IROTH | stat.S_IXOTH )
def main():
openssl_dir, openssl_cafile = os.path.split(
ssl.get_default_verify_paths().openssl_cafile)
print(" -- pip install --upgrade certifi")
subprocess.check_call([sys.executable,
"-E", "-s", "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "certifi"])
import certifi
# change working directory to the default SSL directory
os.chdir(openssl_dir)
relpath_to_certifi_cafile = os.path.relpath(certifi.where())
print(" -- removing any existing file or link")
try:
os.remove(openssl_cafile)
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
print(" -- creating symlink to certifi certificate bundle")
os.symlink(relpath_to_certifi_cafile, openssl_cafile)
print(" -- setting permissions")
os.chmod(openssl_cafile, STAT_0o775)
print(" -- update complete")
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
My solution for Mac OS X:
1) Upgrade to Python 3.6.5 using the native app Python installer downloaded from the official Python language website https://www.python.org/downloads/
I've found that this installer is taking care of updating the links and symlinks for the new Python a lot better than homebrew.
2) Install a new certificate using "./Install Certificates.command" which is in the refreshed Python 3.6 directory
cd "/Applications/Python 3.6/"
sudo "./Install Certificates.command"