ERROR: Error downloading

[atastycookie]

2017-03-27 13:08:59 [scrapy] ERROR: Error downloading <GET http://urlhere/bla/bla/bla>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 1299, in _inlineCallbacks
    result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 393, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
    return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/core/downloader/middleware.py", line 43, in process_request
    defer.returnValue((yield download_func(request=request,spider=spider)))
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/utils/defer.py", line 45, in mustbe_deferred
    result = f(*args, **kw)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/__init__.py", line 65, in download_request
    return handler.download_request(request, spider)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/http11.py", line 60, in download_request
    return agent.download_request(request)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/http11.py", line 264, in download_request
    method, to_bytes(url, encoding='ascii'), headers, bodyproducer)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/client.py", line 1631, in request
    parsedURI.originForm)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/client.py", line 1408, in _requestWithEndpoint
    d = self._pool.getConnection(key, endpoint)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/client.py", line 1294, in getConnection
    return self._newConnection(key, endpoint)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/client.py", line 1306, in _newConnection
    return endpoint.connect(factory)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/endpoints.py", line 788, in connect
    EndpointReceiver, self._hostText, portNumber=self._port
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/_resolver.py", line 174, in resolveHostName
    onAddress = self._simpleResolver.getHostByName(hostName)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/resolver.py", line 21, in getHostByName
    d = super(CachingThreadedResolver, self).getHostByName(name, timeout)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line 276, in getHostByName
    timeoutDelay = sum(timeout)
TypeError: 'float' object is not iterable

[bjinwright]

I'm getting this too

[gagaltotal]

$ sudo su > root $ pip install --upgrade scrapy

[CashWilliams]

Upgrading scrapy fixed it for me.

Can probably mark this closed.

[DanMcInerney]

Fixed this in requirements.txt.