Macos Sierra/python2.7.13 Urlerror:

I have been searching/trying everything I could find on Stack Overflow, but no joy. I am new to Python, so I apologize now for my ignorance, but very eager/excited to learn. macOS

Solution 1:

I had a two fold problem. The steps provided above by @Steffen_Ullrich solved the first half of the issue. Here is the second half, thank you @zwer!

Python and 'print ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION' prints wrong version