WSJ recipe returning error

BobbyVan · 09-28-2016, 04:34 PM

I've been getting an [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] error the last two days. Has this happened to anyone else?

kovidgoyal · 09-28-2016, 11:50 PM

If you are on windows visiting the wsj website in Internet Explorer should fix that.

BobbyVan · 09-29-2016, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

If you are on windows visiting the wsj website in Internet Explorer should fix that.

Hmm, logged into WSJ using IE, tried the recipe again and got the same error.

kovidgoyal · 09-29-2016, 09:35 AM

Try rebooting, and if that does not work, you can set the environment variable

SSL_CERT_FILE

to the full path to the file mozilla-ca-certs.pem in the calibre installation directory. Which will be something like

C:\Program Files\Calibre\resources\mozilla-ca-certs.pem

That will cause calibre to use its own private certificates for ssl validation instead of the windows ones.

BobbyVan · 09-29-2016, 09:41 PM

Thanks. Couldn't quite figure out how to change the variable, but I ended up inserting these two lines near the top of the recipe and got it to work again.

import ssl
ssl.create_default_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

09-28-2016, 04:34 PM	#1
BobbyVan Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	WSJ recipe returning error I've been getting an [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] error the last two days. Has this happened to anyone else?

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09-28-2016, 11:50 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,617 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you are on windows visiting the wsj website in Internet Explorer should fix that.

09-29-2016, 09:35 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,617 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Try rebooting, and if that does not work, you can set the environment variable SSL_CERT_FILE to the full path to the file mozilla-ca-certs.pem in the calibre installation directory. Which will be something like C:\Program Files\Calibre\resources\mozilla-ca-certs.pem That will cause calibre to use its own private certificates for ssl validation instead of the windows ones.

09-29-2016, 09:41 PM	#5
BobbyVan Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks. Couldn't quite figure out how to change the variable, but I ended up inserting these two lines near the top of the recipe and got it to work again. import ssl ssl.create_default_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

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