SSLError: sslv3 alert handshake failure

Jyo de Lys has identified the problem. The problem is described here and the solution is here. I did the following to get this working:

  1. easy_install pyOpenSSL
  2. easy_install ndg-httpsclient
  3. easy_install pyasn1

If you’re getting this error while using urllib2, you’ll need to upgrade to python 2.7.9 or later too.

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