https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72236

Bug ID: 72236 Summary: Family.ignore_certificate_error does not work in py3 Product: Pywikibot Version: core (2.0) Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: minor Priority: Unprioritized Component: network Assignee: Pywikipedia-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: jayvdb@gmail.com Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: ---

py3 httplib2 (https://github.com/jcgregorio/httplib2/issues/173) has problems ignoring errors/not validating SSL certificates.

As a result, Family.ignore_certificate_error does not work in py3

File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1156, in request self.disable_ssl_certificate_validation) File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 830, in __init__ check_hostname=True) File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/http/client.py", line 1183, in __init__ raise ValueError("check_hostname needs a SSL context with " ValueError: check_hostname needs a SSL context with either CERT_OPTIONAL or CERT_REQUIRED