[FIXED] SSL module is not available error in python3 Windows 11

Issue

When running the FlightRadarAPI on python 3.12, windows 11 I'm getting an ImportError: Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/lib/python311.zip/_pyodide/_base.py", line 499, in eval_code
    .run(globals, locals)
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python311.zip/_pyodide/_base.py", line 340, in run
    coroutine = eval(self.code, globals, locals)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<exec>", line 55, in <module>
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/FlightRadar24/api.py", line 309, in get_flights
    response = APIRequest(Core.real_time_flight_tracker_data_url, request_params, Core.json_headers)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/FlightRadar24/request.py", line 56, in __init__
    self.__response = request_method(url, headers = headers, cookies = cookies, data = data)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 73, in get
    return request("get", url, params=params, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 59, in request
    return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 589, in request
    resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 703, in send
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 486, in send
    resp = conn.urlopen(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 769, in urlopen
    conn = self._get_conn(timeout=pool_timeout)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 295, in _get_conn
    return conn or self._new_conn()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lib/python3.11/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 1060, in _new_conn
    raise ImportError(
ImportError: Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.

To add to the complexity, the code works when run normally, the error only happens while running it via PyScript (a combination of python and html)

Solution

The SSL module is unvendored by default in Pyodide, but can be installed in PyScript using:

<py-config>
  packages=['ssl']
</py-config>

Once you install it, however, note that SSL generally doesn't function in browser, since socket is not available in the browser. See also this GitHub Issue for more discussion.

Answered By - Jeff Glass