CEX in Python 2 [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION]

• OS: OS.X 10.11.4
• Programming Language: python
• CCXT version: 1.10.503
• Exchange: cex
• Method: exchange.load_markets()

import sys
import ccxt

def main(argv):
    global EXCHANGE

    if (len(argv) > 1):
        EXCHANGE = argv[1:]
    exchange = getattr(ccxt, EXCHANGE)({
        # 'verbose': True,
    })

    print("market id: {}".format(exchange.id))
    markets = exchange.load_markets()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))

Error: ccxt.base.errors.ExchangeNotAvailable: cex GET https://cex.io/api/currency_limits/ HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘cex.io’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/currency_limits/ (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, u’[SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:590)'),))

[mmehrle]

Okay, problem solved and ignore the above. I was using one of PyCharms 2.7.10 virtual environments which I had a hard time upgrading. Linked it with a virtual env based on 2.7.13 which runs ssl 1.0.2l - works like a charm now.

[mmehrle]

Hey guys - sorry for being the bearer of bad news but I’m still getting the same error:

CCXT version: 1.10.614 market id: cex Traceback (most recent call last): File “/Users/xxx/crypto_dev/ccxt_query_exchange.py”, line 100, in <module> sys.exit(main(sys.argv)) File “/Users/xxx/crypto_dev/ccxt_query_exchange.py”, line 24, in main print_market_overview(argv) File “/Users/xxx/crypto_dev/ccxt_query_exchange.py”, line 35, in print_market_overview markets = exchange.load_markets() File “/Users/xxx/quant-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ccxt/base/exchange.py”, line 829, in load_markets markets = self.fetch_markets() File “/Users/xxx/quant-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ccxt/cex.py”, line 83, in fetch_markets markets = self.publicGetCurrencyLimits() File “/Users/xxx/quant-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ccxt/cex.py”, line 390, in request response = self.fetch2(path, api, method, params, headers, body) File “/Users/xxx/quant-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ccxt/base/exchange.py”, line 296, in fetch2 return self.fetch(request[‘url’], request[‘method’], request[‘headers’], request[‘body’]) File “/Users/xxx/quant-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ccxt/base/exchange.py”, line 355, in fetch self.raise_error(ExchangeNotAvailable, url, method, e) File “/Users/xxx/quant-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ccxt/base/exchange.py”, line 278, in raise_error details, ccxt.base.errors.ExchangeNotAvailable: cex GET https://cex.io/api/currency_limits/ HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘cex.io’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/currency_limits/ (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, u’[SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:590)'),))