Installing Python, with Brew - no SSL Certificates ?

[Doublejay]

Output of brew config

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Output of brew doctor

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Description of issue

I installed Python3 via brew, to support py scripts in qbittorrent (search plugins).

Python was installed using pyenv. The plugins did not work, which i have learned is because Python could not access SSL certificates required to scrape a website over SSL.

I found a fix here which involved using the python .pkg from the website - which includes a shell script to install certificates - described here

TLDR; Should brew have installed the scripts ? Where did i screw up ? I dont recall meeting this problems before (when i installed the same setup on a different computer.

[SMillerDev]

There are so many install methods in your explanation that my head is spinning. It reminds me of https://xkcd.com/1987/.
Let's unpack this a bit:

Python was installed using pyenv.

That means that Homebrew doesn't really have any control over the install.

I found a fix qbittorrent/qBittorrent#20104 (comment) which involved using the python .pkg from the website

That just depends on the install method, this has nothing to do with Homebrew or pyenv AFAIK.

TLDR; Should brew have installed the scripts ?

The python that you can install with brew install python knows how to read certificates from the system without additional scripts.

[Doublejay]

Yeah, my words werent exactly flowing this morning ! Thanks for taking the time to untangle it.

It leaves me with the puzzle of why I didnt see this before on my other machine where i think i followed the same process. I suppose I must have done something to install the certs last time, that i did not do this time around.

thanks again.