AttributeError: '_socketobject' object has no attribute 'set_tlsext_host_name'

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00:00 Attributeerror: '_socketobject' Object Has No Attribute 'Set_tlsext_host_name'
00:50 Accepted Answer Score 14
00:59 Answer 2 Score 3
01:15 Answer 3 Score 2
01:22 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 14

The fix for me was the following:

sudo apt-get purge python-openssl
sudo pip install pyopenssl

ANSWER 2

Score 3

This was able to get the python working on Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS for me.

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip build-essential libffi-dev
sudo -H pip install --upgrade pip setuptools && sudo -H pip install --upgrade pyopenssl

ANSWER 3

Score 2

On RedHat:

sudo yum remove pyOpenSSL
sudo pip install pyopenssl