python - Feedparser.parse() 'SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED'

Question

I'm having this SSL issue with feedparser parsing an HTTPS RSS feed, I don't really know what to do as I can't find any documentation on this error when it comes to feedparser:

>>> import feedparser
>>> feed = feedparser.parse(rss)
>>> feed
{'feed': {}, 'bozo': 1, 'bozo_exception': URLError(SSLError(1, u'[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:581)'),), 'entries': []}
>>> feed["items"]
[]
>>> 

Answer 1

Thanks you cmidi for the answer, which was to 'monkey patch' using ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

import feedparser
import ssl
if hasattr(ssl, '_create_unverified_context'):
    ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
feed = feedparser.parse(rss) #<<WORKS!!