SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE

[ryanpate]

getting the following error while pulling live game data:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 699, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 382, in _make_request
self._validate_conn(conn)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 1012, in validate_conn
conn.connect()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 411, in connect
self.sock = ssl_wrap_socket(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/ssl.py", line 449, in ssl_wrap_socket
ssl_sock = ssl_wrap_socket_impl(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/ssl.py", line 493, in _ssl_wrap_socket_impl
return ssl_context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=server_hostname)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ssl.py", line 500, in wrap_socket
return self.sslsocket_class._create(
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ssl.py", line 1040, in _create
self.do_handshake()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ssl.py", line 1309, in do_handshake
self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLError: [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:1123)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 439, in send
resp = conn.urlopen(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 755, in urlopen
retries = retries.increment(
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py", line 574, in increment
raise MaxRetryError(_pool, url, error or ResponseError(cause))
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='statsapi.mlb.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/v1.1/game/717483/feed/live (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:1123)')))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/aitest.py", line 378, in
game_on(canvas, sched, opp_image, cubs_image)
File "/home/pi/aitest.py", line 326, in game_on
is_on_base = statsapi.get('game', {'gamePk':gameid})['liveData']['linescore']['offense']
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/statsapi/init.py", line 1734, in get
r = requests.get(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/api.py", line 76, in get
return request('get', url, params=params, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/api.py", line 61, in request
return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 542, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 655, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 514, in send
raise SSLError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='statsapi.mlb.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/v1.1/game/717483/feed/live (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:1123)')))

[toddrob99]

That looks like some kind of proxy or other networking issue on your side. Are other api calls working from the same script and machine?