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import yfinance as yf

msft = yf.Ticker("MSFT")

msft.info

I tried to print msft.info and got 'urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1108)' error. I tried to rerun the Install Certificates.command and Update Sheet.command but apparently it didn't work. Also after I reran them I got this massage: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/certifi-2021.5.30.dist-info.

Any advices how can I fix it?

Does this answer your question? [Scraping: SSL: CERTIFICATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED error for http://en.wikipedia.org](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50236117/scraping-ssl-certificate-verify-failed-error-for-http-en-wikipedia-org) — MartinNajemi, Jul 07 '21 at 17:13
Dupe of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50236117/scraping-ssl-certificate-verify-failed-error-for-http-en-wikipedia-org — MartinNajemi, Jul 07 '21 at 17:13

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '21 at 12:53

Here are the steps for the MacOs:

Open the finder
Find the version of Python that you are using
Click on the arrow beside Python
A list will show up under the Python
Click on the "Install Certificates.command". It will open a terminal and install the certificate.

In my case, I had to do this 2 times before it works. Here is a screenshot from the Finder:

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '21 at 19:35

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A quick google search returns the following: http://blog.wafrat.com/fixing-certificate_verify_failed-when-using-yfinances-ticker-info/

As explained in the website linked above, the issue is due to:

It turns out it's because I am running Python on Mac OS and I need to install some certificates (Mac OSX python ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:749)).

And the solution is to:

So I opened Finder and navigated to Applications, Python 3.7, then ran Install Certificates.command. And it worked indeed!

answered Jul 08 '21 at 19:35

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I tried to rerun the Install Certificates.command and Update Sheet.command but it didn't work. – Alan Akilkhanov Jul 09 '21 at 17:41
@AlanAkilkhanov Did you rerun it for the same version of python that you are trying to execute with? Did you get an error when re-running the Install Certificates.command? – MartinNajemi Jul 10 '21 at 13:07
Sorry for late response. I fixed the problem. – Alan Akilkhanov Jul 13 '21 at 16:23
@AlanAkilkhanov Please explain how you fixed the problem in case someone else has the same problem :) – MartinNajemi Jul 14 '21 at 15:40
Honestly, I didn't really fixed it. I just stated to get a different error for some reason. I don't know how it happened. :( – Alan Akilkhanov Jul 14 '21 at 20:20

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '22 at 09:37

I had this problem using Anaconda with Python 3.9, and on Windows - the solution for me was in this answer: How to get and save LetsEncrypt certificates on Windows.

The process is:

Download "ISRG Root X1", "ISRG Root X2", "Let’s Encrypt R3" (.der files) from https://letsencrypt.org/certificates/
Follow instructions here: https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/how-can-i-import-certificates-into-the-ms-windows-local-machine-certificate-store/170504615105398/

For this part import the ISRG certs into the 'Certificates/Personal' folder, and import the Let's Encrypt R3 cert into the 'Trusted Root Certification Authorities/Certificates' folder.

Restart system.

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