getting error '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issue

[angel acosta]

I am getting this error when trying to update wiki:

'[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:997)'

Do I need a certificate?

Could I use a token?

[Radek Dostál]

The Confluence site does not have a valid SSL certificate - probably it has expired, you likely should see the same problem in browser, or something similar along these lines.

Something similar to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70236730/ssl-sslcertverificationerror-ssl-certificate-verify-failed-certificate-verif and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15445981/how-do-i-disable-the-security-certificate-check-in-python-requests but we can only guess without actually inspecting the certificate that's there.

It's not a Confluence question as much as it is about SSL certificates / system admin kind of stuff. You should be able to confirm the same problem in a browser, and contact the team that manages that site to fix the cert.

[John Funk]

Hi Angel - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

No, you shouldn't need to do anything with the certificate. What browser are you using? Have you tried another browser? 

[angel acosta]

I am soy for no being more specific:

I am updating the wiki via python script using the rest api:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v1/api-group-content/#api-group-content

Even when I just do a get content, I get the certificate error.

[John Funk]

Are you using Data Center or Cloud?