I’m encountering an SSLError with the message “EOF occurred in violation of protocol” when attempting to make an HTTPS request using the requests library in my Python script. This error seems to be related to SSL/TLS issues during the handshake process. I’ve included the traceback below for reference. Could anyone provide insights on why this error occurs and how to resolve it?

This is my Python Code:

import requests

MY_LAT = 27.167721
MY_LONG = 78.035889

parameters = {
    "lat": MY_LAT,
    "lng": MY_LONG
}

response = requests.get("https://api.sunrise-sunset.org/json", params=parameters)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

This is the error I’m getting:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3connectionpool.py", line 467, in _make_request 
    self._validate_conn(conn)
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3connectionpool.py", line 1099, in _validate_conn
    conn.connect()
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3connection.py", line 653, in connect
    sock_and_verified = _ssl_wrap_socket_and_match_hostname(
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3connection.py", line 806, in _ssl_wrap_socket_and_match_hostname
    ssl_sock = ssl_wrap_socket(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3utilssl_.py", line 465, in ssl_wrap_socket    
    ssl_sock = _ssl_wrap_socket_impl(sock, context, tls_in_tls, server_hostname)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3utilssl_.py", line 509, in _ssl_wrap_socket_impl
    return ssl_context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=server_hostname)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:Program FilesPython312Libssl.py", line 455, in wrap_socket
    return self.sslsocket_class._create(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:Program FilesPython312Libssl.py", line 1042, in _create
    self.do_handshake()
  File "C:Program FilesPython312Libssl.py", line 1320, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLEOFError: [SSL: UNEXPECTED_EOF_WHILE_READING] EOF occurred in violation of protocol (_ssl.c:1000)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3connectionpool.py", line 793, in urlopen       
    response = self._make_request(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3connectionpool.py", line 491, in _make_request 
    raise new_e
urllib3.exceptions.SSLError: [SSL: UNEXPECTED_EOF_WHILE_READING] EOF occurred in violation of protocol (_ssl.c:1000)

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesrequestsadapters.py", line 486, in send
    resp = conn.urlopen(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3connectionpool.py", line 847, in urlopen       
    retries = retries.increment(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesurllib3utilretry.py", line 515, in increment
    raise MaxRetryError(_pool, url, reason) from reason  # type: ignore[arg-type]
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.sunrise-sunset.org', port=443): 
Max retries exceeded with url: /json?lat=27.167721&lng=78.035889 (Caused by SSLError(SSLEOFError(8, '[SSL: UNEXPECTED_EOF_WHILE_READING] EOF occurred in violation of protocol (_ssl.c:1000)')))
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:pythonmain.py", line 11, in <module>
    response = requests.get("https://api.sunrise-sunset.org/json", params=parameters)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesrequestsapi.py", line 73, in get
    return request("get", url, params=params, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesrequestsapi.py", line 59, in request
    return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesrequestssessions.py", line 589, in request
    resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesrequestssessions.py", line 703, in send
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:pythonvenvLibsite-packagesrequestsadapters.py", line 517, in send
    raise SSLError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.sunrise-sunset.org', port=443): Max 
retries exceeded with url: /json?lat=27.167721&lng=78.035889 (Caused by SSLError(SSLEOFError(8, 
'[SSL: UNEXPECTED_EOF_WHILE_READING] EOF occurred in violation of protocol (_ssl.c:1000)')))