Javascript rendering error (pyppeteer.errors.PageError: net::ERR_CERT_SYMANTEC_LEGACY)

[cquark7]

I am using requests-html library to render JavaScript on a webpage, but I received this error: pyppeteer.errors.PageError: net::ERR_CERT_SYMANTEC_LEGACY

Traceback (most recent call last):

    File "F:/Users/user/scripts/test.py", line 24, in <module>
        page = page.html.render()

    File "F:\Miniconda\lib\site-packages\requests_html.py", line 583, in render
        content, result, page = self.session.loop.run_until_complete(_async_render(url=self.url, script=script, sleep=sleep, wait=wait, content=self.html, reload=reload, scrolldown=scrolldown, timeout=timeout, keep_page=keep_page))

    File "F:\Miniconda\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 466, in run_until_complete
        return future.result()

    File "F:\Miniconda\lib\site-packages\requests_html.py", line 545, in _async_render
        await page.goto(url, options={'timeout': int(timeout * 1000)})

    File "F:\Miniconda\lib\site-packages\pyppeteer\page.py", line 644, in goto
        raise PageError(result)

pyppeteer.errors.PageError: net::ERR_CERT_SYMANTEC_LEGACY

How can I fix this error in requests-html?

[cquark7]

When I open the same website normally using Google Chrome it shows "privacy error". In order to access the site I have to click on "advanced" and then "proceed anyway". This answer https://superuser.com/a/1036062 describes how a developer can disable such errors in Chrome/Chromium, but I don't know how to do it using requests-html

[L1ghtn1ng]

@cquark7 The issue is the ssl cert is not valid, in requests lib there is a verify= param to toggle the ssl check so use that and you should be good

[0xmayday]

the issue with calling .render is that it uses pyppeteer to make the request, which bypasses the verify=False, so you'll see certificate errors when trying to call render. There is an ignoreHTTPSErrors bool argument in pyppeteer, but I can't figure out how to force that within requests-html...

[oldani]

Hi @DavidMay121

On the last version released yesterday, you can just pass verify=False when initializing your session.

[CayoM]

this doesnt seem to be working anymore. The parameter seem to be ignored and there is nothing about this parameter in the official documentation. Any news on this?

[isobarbaric]

I agree with ^, this doesn't seem to be a thing anymore. There isn't any mention of the verify parameter in the docs either. Are there any updates on this?