SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED error

[adampalli]

Installation method:
pip

Version:
Python 3.12.2 and audiobook-dl 0.7.3

Describe the bug
While downloading some of the audiobooks, I get urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate has expired (_ssl.c:1000)> error.

Command output
Command: audiobook-dl https://www.everand.com/audiobook/681807789/In-the-Middle-of-Middle-America-The-America-Trilogy-Book-1 --debug

Output:

DEBUG audiobook-dl 0.7.3
DEBUG python 3.12.2 (tags/v3.12.2:6abddd9, Feb 6 2024, 21:26:36) [MSC v.1937 64 bit (AMD64)]
INFO Finding compatible source
INFO Authenticating with everand
DEBUG Loading cookies from './cookies.txt'
DEBUG Downloading result of
https://www.everand.com/audiobook/681807789/In-the-Middle-of-Middle-America-The-America-Trilogy-Book-1
DEBUG metadata={'id': 681807789, 'canonical_doc_id': None, 'title': 'In the Middle of Middle America: The America
Trilogy Book 1', 'cover_url':
'https://imgv2-1-f.scribdassets.com/img/audiobook_square_badge/681807789/original/368x368/4ec8f81876/1707741264?v=1',
'cover_url_retina':
'https://imgv2-1-f.scribdassets.com/img/audiobook_square_badge/681807789/original/736x736/de173681fe/1707741264?v=1',
'url': 'https://www.everand.com/audiobook/681807789/In-the-Middle-of-Middle-America-The-America-Trilogy-Book-1',
'document_type': 'audiobook', 'is_snapshot': False, 'author': {'url':
'https://www.everand.com/author/665461497/David-B-Lyons', 'name': 'David B. Lyons'}, 'narrators': [{'name': 'Andy
Ingalls', 'url': 'https://www.everand.com/contributor/709693541/Andy-Ingalls'}, {'name': 'Aoife McMahon', 'url':
'https://www.everand.com/contributor/711058261/Aoife-McMahon'}, {'name': 'Lyssa Browne', 'url':
'https://www.everand.com/contributor/665435133/Lyssa-Browne'}]}
DEBUG csrf={'csrf_token': [Redacted]}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 1344, in do_open
h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\http\client.py", line 1331, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\http\client.py", line 1377, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\http\client.py", line 1326, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\http\client.py", line 1085, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\http\client.py", line 1029, in send
self.connect()
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\http\client.py", line 1472, in connect
self.sock = self._context.wrap_socket(self.sock,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\ssl.py", line 455, in wrap_socket
return self.sslsocket_class._create(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\ssl.py", line 1042, in _create
self.do_handshake()
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\ssl.py", line 1320, in do_handshake
self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate has expired (_ssl.c:1000)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in run_code
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\audiobook-dl.exe_main.py", line 7, in
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl_main.py", line 31, in main
process_url(url, options, config)
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl_main_.py", line 54, in process_url
result = source.download(url)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\everand.py", line 24, in download
return self.download_book_from_url(url)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\everand.py", line 78, in download_book_from_url
files = self.get_files(book_info),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\everand.py", line 105, in get_files
return self.get_internal_files(book_info)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\everand.py", line 119, in get_internal_files
return self.get_stream_files(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\audiobookdl\sources\source\networking.py", line 50, in get_stream_files
playlist = m3u8.load(url, headers=headers)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\m3u8_init_.py", line 94, in load
content, base_uri = http_client.download(uri, timeout, headers, verify_ssl)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\m3u8\httpclient.py", line 16, in download
resource = opener.open(uri, timeout=timeout)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 515, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 532, in _open
result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 492, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 1392, in https_open
return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPSConnection, req,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\tripl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 1347, in do_open
raise URLError(err)
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate has expired (_ssl.c:1000)>

[nianhbg]

I dont have windows but you can try this

https://medium.com/@vkmauryavk/resolving-sslcertverificationerror-certificate-verify-failed-unable-to-get-local-issuer-515d7317454f

[ManoloZocco]

Python uses a bundle of trusted certificates to verify SSL connections. If your certificate bundle is outdated, you may encounter this error.
Try with:
pip install --upgrade certifi