Scraping: SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED error for http://en.wikipedia.org

Solution 1:

Once upon a time I stumbled with this issue. If you're using macOS go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Python3.6 folder (or whatever version of python you're using) > double click on "Install Certificates.command" file. :D

Solution 2:

to use unverified ssl you can add this to your code:

import ssl
ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

Solution 3:

To solve this:

All you need to do is to install Python certificates! A common issue on macOS.

Open these files:

Install Certificates.command
Update Shell Profile.command

Simply Run these two scripts and you wont have this issue any more.

Hope this helps!

Solution 4:

This terminal command:

open /Applications/Python\ 3.7/Install\ Certificates.command

Found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57614113/6207266

Resolved it for me. With my config

pip install --upgrade certifi

had no impact.