SSLError: sslv3 alert handshake failure
Solution 1:
Jyo de Lys has identified the problem. The problem is described here and the solution is here. I did the following to get this working:
- easy_install pyOpenSSL
- easy_install ndg-httpsclient
- easy_install pyasn1
If you're getting this error while using urllib2, you'll need to upgrade to python 2.7.9 or later too.