discord.py Error - ClientConnectorCertificateError - python-3.x

Question

I have an error trying to run my python discord bot.
Here's my code:
import discord
client = discord.Client()
#client.event
async def on_ready():
print('We have logged in as {0.user}'.format(client))
#client.event
async def on_message(message):
if message.author == client.user:
return None
if message.content.startswith('$hello'):
await message.channel.send('Hello!')
client.run('<redacted>')
When I run this, I get the following error code: aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorCertificateError: Cannot connect to host discord.com:443 ssl:True [SSLCertVerificationError: (1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate has expired (_ssl.c:1123)')]
Full error traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\connector.py", line 936, in _wrap_create_connection
return await self._loop.create_connection(*args, **kwargs) # type: ignore # noqa
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 1050, in create_connection
transport, protocol = await self._create_connection_transport(
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 1080, in _create_connection_transport
await waiter
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\asyncio\sslproto.py", line 529, in data_received
ssldata, appdata = self._sslpipe.feed_ssldata(data)
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\asyncio\sslproto.py", line 189, in feed_ssldata
self._sslobj.do_handshake()
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\ssl.py", line 944, in do_handshake
self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate has expired (_ssl.c:1123)
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "c:\Users\shalev\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2020.9.111407\pythonFiles\lib\python\debugpy\__main__.py", line 45, in <module>
cli.main()
File "c:\Users\shalev\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2020.9.111407\pythonFiles\lib\python\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\cli.py", line 430, in main
run()
File "c:\Users\shalev\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2020.9.111407\pythonFiles\lib\python\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\cli.py", line 267, in run_file
runpy.run_path(options.target, run_name=compat.force_str("__main__"))
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\runpy.py", line 265, in run_path
return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name,
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\runpy.py", line 97, in _run_module_code
_run_code(code, mod_globals, init_globals,
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "f:\python projects\among us bot.py", line 17, in <module>
client.run('<redacted>')
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 678, in run
return future.result()
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 658, in runner
await self.start(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 621, in start
await self.login(*args, bot=bot)
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 472, in login
await self.http.static_login(token.strip(), bot=bot)
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\discord\http.py", line 288, in static_login
data = await self.request(Route('GET', '/users/#me'))
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\discord\http.py", line 185, in request
async with self.__session.request(method, url, **kwargs) as r:
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\client.py", line 1012, in __aenter__
self._resp = await self._coro
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\client.py", line 480, in _request
conn = await self._connector.connect(
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\connector.py", line 523, in connect
proto = await self._create_connection(req, traces, timeout)
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\connector.py", line 858, in _create_connection
_, proto = await self._create_direct_connection(
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\connector.py", line 1004, in _create_direct_connection
raise last_exc
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\connector.py", line 980, in _create_direct_connection
transp, proto = await self._wrap_create_connection(
File "C:\Users\shalev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\aiohttp\connector.py", line 938, in _wrap_create_connection
raise ClientConnectorCertificateError(
aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorCertificateError: Cannot connect to host discord.com:443 ssl:True [SSLCertVerificationError: (1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate has expired (_ssl.c:1123)')]
Can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

Try updating discord.py.
pip install -U discord.py
Worked personally for me.