Wall Street Journal Issue (Windows Only)

dkfurrow · 08-10-2016, 11:32 AM

The WSJ recipe has thrown an error for the last few days--upgraded to version 2.63.0, received the same error (copied below). I installed calibre and Linux, and the download functioned correctly there, so this seems to be a Windows issue only, and related to the mechanize package...posting here in case someone else has the same issue--not sure how to fix, as this appears to relate to mechanize, not Calibre specifically.

Python function terminated unexpectedly
<urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:581)> (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 132, in main
File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 190, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1060, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 241, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\recipe_ input.py", line 116, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 884, in __init__
File "<string>", line 106, in get_browser
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\browser.py", line 25, in https_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:581)>

kovidgoyal · 08-10-2016, 11:36 AM

You just need to install the appropriate intermediate ssl certificates. Easiest way to do that is to visit the wsj website using internet explorer/edge.

08-10-2016, 11:32 AM	#1
dkfurrow Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: LG G-Pad 8.3	Wall Street Journal Issue (Windows Only) The WSJ recipe has thrown an error for the last few days--upgraded to version 2.63.0, received the same error (copied below). I installed calibre and Linux, and the download functioned correctly there, so this seems to be a Windows issue only, and related to the mechanize package...posting here in case someone else has the same issue--not sure how to fix, as this appears to relate to mechanize, not Calibre specifically. Python function terminated unexpectedly <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:581)> (Error Code: 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "site.py", line 132, in main File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 190, in main File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1060, in run File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 241, in __call__ File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\recipe_ input.py", line 116, in convert File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 884, in __init__ File "<string>", line 106, in get_browser File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain File "site-packages\calibre\utils\browser.py", line 25, in https_open File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:581)>

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08-10-2016, 11:36 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You just need to install the appropriate intermediate ssl certificates. Easiest way to do that is to visit the wsj website using internet explorer/edge.

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