Installing package dependencies for Scrapy

Question

So among the many packages users need to install for Scrapy, I think I'm having trouble with pyOpenSSL.

When I try to get a tutorial Scrapy project created, I get this following output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\cmdline.py", line 168, in <module>
    execute()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\cmdline.py", line 122, in execute
    cmds = _get_commands_dict(settings, inproject)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\cmdline.py", line 46, in _get_comma
nds_dict
    cmds = _get_commands_from_module('scrapy.commands', inproject)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\cmdline.py", line 29, in _get_comma
nds_from_module
    for cmd in _iter_command_classes(module):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\cmdline.py", line 20, in _iter_comm
and_classes
    for module in walk_modules(module_name):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\utils\misc.py", line 68, in walk_mo
dules
    submod = import_module(fullpath)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\commands\bench.py", line 3, in <mod
ule>
    from scrapy.tests.mockserver import MockServer
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\scrapy\tests\mockserver.py", line 6, in <m
odule>
    from twisted.internet import reactor, defer, ssl
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\ssl.py", line 59, in <mod
ule>
    from OpenSSL import SSL
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\OpenSSL\__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\OpenSSL\rand.py", line 11, in <module>
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\OpenSSL\_util.py", line 3, in <module>
ImportError: No module named cryptography.hazmat.bindings.openssl.binding

And when I googled that last error (no module named cryptography.hazmat), I see a couple of mentions of pyOpenSSL. So I went ahead and tried running easy_install pyOpenSSL==0.14 to make sure it's the latest version, but when I do that, I get this output:

c:\python27\include\pymath.h(22) : warning C4273: 'round' : inconsistent dll lin
kage
        C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\INCLUDE\math.h(51
6) : see previous definition of 'round'
c:\users\bk\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-tztawu\cryptography-0.4\temp\easy_in
stall-svxsjy\cffi-0.8.2\c\misc_win32.h(225) : error C2632: 'char' followed by 'b
ool' is illegal
c:\users\bk\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-tztawu\cryptography-0.4\temp\easy_in
stall-svxsjy\cffi-0.8.2\c\misc_win32.h(225) : warning C4091: 'typedef ' : ignore
d on left of 'unsigned char' when no variable is declared
c/_cffi_backend.c(5295) : warning C4146: unary minus operator applied to unsigne
d type, result still unsigned
c/_cffi_backend.c(5296) : warning C4146: unary minus operator applied to unsigne
d type, result still unsigned
c/_cffi_backend.c(5297) : warning C4146: unary minus operator applied to unsigne
d type, result still unsigned
c/_cffi_backend.c(5298) : warning C4146: unary minus operator applied to unsigne
d type, result still unsigned
error: Setup script exited with error: command '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsof
t Visual Studio 12.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2

So I'm a bit lost as to what I need to do to get Scrapy up and running properly

Answer 1

I got the same error on Mac OS.

I solved it by using openssl 0.13 instead of the latest version.

easy_install pyOpenSSL==0.13

or

pip install pyOpenSSL==0.13