Python Requests throwing SSLError

Question

I\'m working on a simple script that involves CAS, jspring security check, redirection, etc. I would like to use Kenneth Reitz\'s python requests because it\'s a great piec

Answer 1

I fought this problem for HOURS.

I tried to update requests. Then I updated certifi. I pointed verify to certifi.where() (The code does this by default anyways). Nothing worked.

Finally I updated my version of python to python 2.7.11. I was on Python 2.7.5 which had some incompatibilities with the way that the certificates are verified. Once I updated Python (and a handful of other dependencies) it started working.