import urllib3 raise ImportError(ImportError: urllib3 v2.0 only supports OpenSSL 1.1.1+)

[BrunoArsioli]

import urllib3 raise ImportError(ImportError: urllib3 v2.0 only supports OpenSSL 1.1.1+)

[pjbull]

This isn't a CCDS bug, so unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it.

If you read the error message, it points you to an urllib3 issue that covers a number of potential solutions, including:

• upgrading your python version
• installing urllib3 at something less than 2
• or, as this SO answer reports, installing [email protected] with brew

[BrunoArsioli]

Than you @pjbull for your msg and guidance!

The work around for me, was to create a new virtual environment (in the terminal):

python3 -m venv .venv

This command created a new virtual environment in my directory named .venv.

After creating the virtual environment, I activate it via:

source .venv/bin/activate

Once the virtual environment is activated, I see the (.venv) at the beginning of the terminal prompt.
(This indicates that the virtual environment is active, and any Python packages that I install from now on, will be installed in this environment, rather than being installed globally). (I am learning here)

Now, I installed the older version of urllib3 (in terminal):

pip install urllib3==1.26.7

Now, I was able to install cookiecutter in this isolated environment with the command:

pip install cookiecutter

And, finally, I was able to run:

cookiecutter https://github.com/drivendata/cookiecutter-data-science

without any issues.
Thank you for your msg. It helped me with the work around solution.