%% date:: [[2023-05-11]] parent:: [[Python]] %% # [[Python error - CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED]] ## The error ``` urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1123)> ``` ## The solution Go to your installation directory of Python (such as `Applications/Python 3.9/`) and run a file called `Install Certificates.command`. [^stackoverflow] Then run whatever you were trying to run again! [^stackoverflow]: @biswajit. (2019) *python - certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate - Stack Overflow*. Retrieved from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52805115/certificate-verify-failed-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate