Thanks. I ran requests from the the interpreter prompt and got the same error. # python Python 2.7.14 (default, Oct 23 2017, 13:50:22) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible FreeBSD Clang 3.4.1 (tags/RELEASE_34/dot1-final 208032)] on freebsd10 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 72, in get return request('get', url, params=params, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 58, in request return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 508, in request resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 618, in send r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 506, in send raise SSLError(e, request=request) requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='wiki.vvfh.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by SSLError(SSLError("bad handshake: Error([('SSL routines', 'ssl3_get_server_certificate', 'certificate verify failed')],)",),)) I ran pip install -U requests[security] as you suggested, and got the same result. Then I installed python3.5 and pip3 and tried again. Same result. pywikibot.exceptions.FatalServerError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='wiki.vvfh.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /w/api.php (Caused by SSLError(SSLError("bad handshake: Error([('SSL routines', 'ssl3_get_server_certificate', 'certificate verify failed')],)",),)) I even added this to user-config.py, but still got the same result. def ignore_certificate_error(self, code): return True You will also notice that the url is /w/api.php. This is despite defining scriptpath in the family file. def scriptpath(self, code): return '/' --On November 15, 2017 at 8:04:30 AM +0330 Dalba &lt;dalba.wiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: "The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors." - Thomas Jefferson Paul Schmehl (pschmehl(a)tx.rr.com) Independent Researcher

I screwed up. I meant to type family file and typed user-config.py instead. I changed the ignore_certificate_error return value to true in pywikibot/family.py, but it still chokes on ssl verify. That surprised me. It's like the code is being ignored. --On November 15, 2017 at 10:19:26 AM +0330 Dalba &lt;dalba.wiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: "The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors." - Thomas Jefferson Paul Schmehl (pschmehl(a)tx.rr.com) Independent Researcher

Thank you for that. That got me a step farther. I was able to auto-generate the user-config.py file. When I try to login, I get a 404 error. (python pwb.py login) I'll post the log message (I used debug) in a second, but here's the url that pywikibot is using: <https://wiki.vvfh.org/api.php?maxlag=5&meta=siteinfo|userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo|hasmsg&continue=&format=json&action=query&siprop=namespaces|namespacealiases|general> If you load that in your browser, you'll see that it displays json data, so I don't understand why I'm getting the 404 message. Here's the log entry: 2017-11-15 10:35:23 bot.py, 977 in handle_args: DEBUG handle_args() completed. 2017-11-15 10:35:23 __init__.py, 1252 in Site: DEBUG Instantiated APISite object 'vvfh:en' 2017-11-15 10:35:23 site.py, 1614 in _get_general: DEBUG general siteinfo not loaded yet. 2017-11-15 10:35:23 site.py, 1625 in _get_general: DEBUG Load siteinfo properties 'namespaces', 'namespacealiases' along with 'general' 2017-11-15 10:35:23 throttle.py, 83 in checkMultiplicity: DEBUG Checking multiplicity: pid = False 2017-11-15 10:35:23 throttle.py, 140 in checkMultiplicity: VERBOSE Found 1 vvfh:en processes running, including this one. 2017-11-15 10:35:23 api.py, 1948 in submit: DEBUG API request to vvfh:en (uses get: False): Headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'} URI: '/api.php' Body: 'maxlag=5&meta=siteinfo%7Cuserinfo&uiprop=blockinfo%7Chasmsg&continue=&format=json&action=query&siprop=namespaces%7Cnamespacealiases%7Cgeneral' 2017-11-15 10:35:23 /usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py, 858 in connectionpool: WARNING /usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:858: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings 2017-11-15 10:35:23 http.py, 409 in error_handling_callback: WARNING Http response status 404 2017-11-15 10:35:23 threadedhttp.py, 139 in encoding: VERBOSE Http response doesn't contain a charset. 2017-11-15 10:35:23 api.py, 1981 in submit: DEBUG API response received from vvfh:en: <!doctype html> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js ie6"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 7]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js ie7"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js ie8"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js ie9"> <![endif]--> <!--[if gt IE 9]><!--> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]--> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge;chrome=1" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright 2012 Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. All rights reserved."> <title>EdgeOS - 404 Error</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/media/global/favicon.png" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/lib/1434480045/stylesheets/css/reset.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/lib/1434480045/fonts/open-sans/stylesheet.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/lib/1434480045/stylesheets/css/core.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/lib/1434480045/stylesheets/css/edge.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/lib/1434480045/stylesheets/css/fileuploader.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="/lib/1434480045/js/libs/modernizr.custom.js"></script> </head> <body> <!-- Start: Page Content --> <div id="PageContent"> <!-- Start: Header --> <div id="PageHeader" class="page-header"> <div class="ir edgeos-header-logo">EdgeOS</div> </div> <!-- End: Header --> <!-- Start: Main Panel --> <div id="MainPanel" class="main-panel"> <!-- Start: Content --> <div class="content-outer-container"> <div class="content-inner-container"> <div class="content"> <div id="Error" class="main-section"> <h1 class="section-title">Error: Not Found</h1> <div class="section-container tall basic"> <div id="StatusCode"> 404 </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End: Page Content --> </body> </html> 2017-11-15 10:35:23 api.py, 1991 in submit: WARNING Non-JSON response received from server vvfh:en; the server may be down. 2017-11-15 10:35:23 api.py, 2207 in wait: WARNING Waiting 5 seconds before retrying. I don't understand why I'm getting a 404 when the same query, loaded in a browser, returns the json-formatted data requested. Do I need to be using a -p and typing in the password? --On November 15, 2017 at 11:53:55 AM +0330 Dalba &lt;dalba.wiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: "The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors." - Thomas Jefferson Paul Schmehl (pschmehl(a)tx.rr.com) Independent Researcher