Wolfram Alpha Python Api Not Working

I'm using Python 3.6 on MacOS Sierra 10.12.3. I installed wolframalpha, and made sure my app id is valid (it works fine with URL requests using RESTful), yet I still get this error

Solution 1:

ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed

indicates that you have to do import ssl also.