title: Runtime error when trying to use pip
body: <p>I have managed to royally screw myself over by doing something which seemed innocuous.</p>
  
  <p>i was getting the following error from my python script (brand['feed'] = the URL i'm making the request to):</p>
  
  <pre><code>**C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\packages\urllib3\util\ssl_.py:90: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
  
    InsecurePlatformWarning
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  
    File "D:\Phocas\Phocas-Automation\analytics\download_feed_cats.py", line 18, in &lt;module&gt;
  
      data = requests.get(brand['feed'])
  
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\api.py", line 69, in get
  
      return request('get', url, params=params, **kwargs)
  
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\api.py", line 50, in request
  
      response = session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
  
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 465, in request
  
      resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
  
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 594, in send
  
      history = [resp for resp in gen] if allow_redirects else []
  
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 196, in resolve_redirects
  
      **adapter_kwargs
  
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 573, in send
  
      r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
  
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\requests\adapters.py", line 431, in send
  
      raise SSLError(e, request=request)
  
  requests.exceptions.SSLError: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:507: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed**
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So i asked the internet and the internet said do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pip install --upgrade ndg-httpsclient
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So i did that and now i keep getting a RuntimeError when i run the same script, what's crazy is even if i just try and run pip in the shell, i get the same error!!</p>
  
  <pre><code>Phocas_Tommy@p3303386 MINGW64 /c/Python27
  $ pip
  
  
  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\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 5, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\__init__.py", line 11, in &lt;module&gt;
      from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar  # noqa
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\vcs\mercurial.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
      from pip.download import path_to_url
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\download.py", line 22, in &lt;module&gt;
      from pip._vendor import requests, six
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\requests\__init__.py", line 53, in &lt;module&gt;
      from .packages.urllib3.contrib import pyopenssl
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\requests\packages\urllib3\contrib\pyopenssl.py", line 43, in &lt;module&gt;
      import OpenSSL.SSL
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\OpenSSL\__init__.py", line 8, in &lt;module&gt;
      from OpenSSL import rand, crypto, SSL
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\OpenSSL\rand.py", line 12, in &lt;module&gt;
      from OpenSSL._util import (
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\OpenSSL\_util.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
      binding = Binding()
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cryptography\hazmat\bindings\openssl\binding.py", line 114, in __init__
      self._ensure_ffi_initialized()
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cryptography\hazmat\bindings\openssl\binding.py", line 126, in _ensure_ffi_initialized
      cls._modules,
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cryptography\hazmat\bindings\utils.py", line 31, in load_library_for_binding
      lib = ffi.verifier.load_library()
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cffi\verifier.py", line 96, in load_library
      self._compile_module()
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cryptography\hazmat\bindings\utils.py", line 127, in _compile_module
      "Attempted implicit compile of a cffi module. All cffi modules should "
  RuntimeError: Attempted implicit compile of a cffi module. All cffi modules should be pre-compiled at installation time.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have searched this error and can't seem to find anything which helps. I'm using python 2.7.6 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64-bit</p>