Aleph crashes when using a HTTPS site as input if the Python SSL certificates are not installed.
File "Aleph.py", line 70, in <module>
generator = WebListGenerator(sys.argv[1], 100, 5, 12)
File "/Users/*****/Documents/GitHub/Aleph/src/web_list_generator.py", line 16, in __init__
html = urllib.request.urlopen(self.url).read()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 223, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 532, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 642, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 564, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 756, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 526, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 544, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1361, in https_open
context=self._context, check_hostname=self._check_hostname)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1320, in do_open
raise URLError(err)
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:847)>
Instead of crashing, it would be nice if Aleph could just give an error message and then exit.
It would be even better if Aleph automatically installs the certificates if needed, but this asks for a multiplatform and python version independent solution.
Aleph crashes when using a HTTPS site as input if the Python SSL certificates are not installed.
Instead of crashing, it would be nice if Aleph could just give an error message and then exit. It would be even better if Aleph automatically installs the certificates if needed, but this asks for a multiplatform and python version independent solution.