Failing to execute scrapy command - Cryptography/OpenSSL issue

[uzairjawed]

Hi this is my output of 'scrapy createproject tutorial' command

$ scrapy createproject tutorial
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/scrapy", line 7, in
from scrapy.cmdline import execute
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/init.py", line 48, in
from scrapy.spiders import Spider
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/spiders/init.py", line 10, in
from scrapy.http import Request
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/http/init.py", line 15, in
from scrapy.http.response.html import HtmlResponse
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/http/response/html.py", line 8, in
from scrapy.http.response.text import TextResponse
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/http/response/text.py", line 13, in
from scrapy.utils.response import get_base_url
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/scrapy/utils/response.py", line 12, in
from twisted.web import http
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/http.py", line 92, in
from twisted.internet import interfaces, reactor, protocol, address
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/reactor.py", line 38, in
from twisted.internet import default
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py", line 56, in
install = _getInstallFunction(platform)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py", line 50, in _getInstallFunction
from twisted.internet.selectreactor import install
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/selectreactor.py", line 18, in
from twisted.internet import posixbase
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/posixbase.py", line 18, in
from twisted.internet import error, udp, tcp
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/tcp.py", line 29, in
from twisted.internet._newtls import (
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/_newtls.py", line 21, in
from twisted.protocols.tls import TLSMemoryBIOFactory, TLSMemoryBIOProtocol
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/twisted/protocols/tls.py", line 41, in
from OpenSSL.SSL import Error, ZeroReturnError, WantReadError
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/OpenSSL/init.py", line 8, in
from OpenSSL import rand, crypto, SSL
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/OpenSSL/rand.py", line 11, in
from OpenSSL._util import (
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/OpenSSL/_util.py", line 6, in
from cryptography.hazmat.bindings.openssl.binding import Binding
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py", line 182, in
Binding.init_static_locks()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py", line 139, in init_static_locks
cls._ensure_ffi_initialized()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py", line 134, in _ensure_ffi_initialized
cls._register_osrandom_engine()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py", line 99, in _register_osrandom_engine
_openssl_assert(cls.lib, cls.lib.ERR_peek_error() == 0)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py", line 43, in _openssl_assert
errors
cryptography.exceptions.InternalError: Unknown OpenSSL error. Please file an issue at https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues with information on how to reproduce this.

[reaperhulk]

This issue was a problem related to the pyca/cryptography project and has been resolved as of version 1.1.1.

[redapple]

@uzairjawed ,
I'm closing this issue as this needs upgrading pyca/cryptography, not a scrapy bug per-se