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SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

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Hi!

I have a private app set up with shopify and I’m trying to make a Django app that uses the Shopify Python API however I can’t seem to get passed step 6 in the Getting Started instructions!

shop_url = "https://%s:%s@SHOP_NAME.myshopify.com/admin" % (API_KEY, PASSWORD)
shopify.ShopifyResource.set_site(shop_url)
shop = shopify.Shop.current()

Above is all I have put in, obviously with my shop name and api credentials filled in, however when it gets to that last line I get an SSL error:

pyactiveresource.connection.Error: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:749)>

I have a decent understanding of what the error is but I don’t understand why I’m getting it when I know for a fact I’m using the right credentials and following the instructions properly.

Anyone have an ideas?

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Created 6 years ago
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clintonbcommented, Feb 12, 2018

I have the same issue on macOS with Python 3.6.0. This solution—detailed at https://stackoverflow.com/a/42098127/592820—resolved the problem for me:

Run /Applications/Python\ 3.6/Install\ Certificates.command from a terminal.

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KevinMindcommented, Feb 12, 2018

@clintonb You da bomb! I also had no problems with 2.7 but, when switched to 3.6 your fix worked.

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