ERROR:ssl_client_socket_openssl.cc(1158)] handshake failed with ChromeDriver Chrome browser and Selenium

Question

When running my python selenium script in Chrome driver I get about three of the below error messages every time a page loads even though everything works fine. Is there a way to suppress these messages?

[24412:18772:0617/090708:ERROR:ssl_client_socket_openssl.cc(1158)] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -100

Answer 1

You get this error when the browser asks you to accept the certificate from the website. You can set to ignore these errors by default in order avoid these errors.

For Chrome, you need to add --ignore-certificate-errors and --ignore-ssl-errors ChromeOptions() argument:

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--ignore-certificate-errors')
options.add_argument('--ignore-ssl-errors')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options)

For the Firefox, you need to set accept_untrusted_certs FirefoxProfile() option to True:

profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.accept_untrusted_certs = True
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile)

For the Internet Explorer, you need to set acceptSslCerts desired capability:

capabilities = webdriver.DesiredCapabilities().INTERNETEXPLORER
capabilities['acceptSslCerts'] = True
driver = webdriver.Ie(capabilities=capabilities)