urllib HTTPS request:

Question

I have a script on python3.4 and it has been fine until the website I download the file from decides to use https and now I am getting error but can\'t figure out how I can

Answer 1

for HTTP
people who encountered the error ValueError: unknown url type: 'http or ValueError: unknown url type: b'http

while opening some url like below with urllib.request.Request 'http://localhost/simple_form/insert.php'

just change localhost to 127.0.0.1

looks like Request method is looking for a domain.something in url

Answer 2

Most likely your Python installation or operating system is broken.

Python has only support for HTTPS if it was compiled with HTTPS support. However, this should be the default for all sane installations.

HTTPS support is only available if the socket module was compiled with SSL support.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.client.html

Please clarify how you installed Python. Official Python distributions are available at python.org

Answer 3

Had this issue, and it was solved by upgrading Python with

brew upgrade python

Answer 4

I had the same problem with Anaconda but after installing the OpenSSL package, it works well.

conda install -c anaconda openssl

Answer 5

For me the error was resolved by downloading the correct version of openssl.

I was using python 3.7.5 32 bit version on windows 10 machine.

1. goto https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html and download Win32 OpenSSL v1.1.1h EXE | MSI 54MB Installer version . I used 32 bit as my python interpreter was 32 bit.

2. Install and run.

Issue fixed :)