Index: ahttp.py
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--- ahttp.py
+++ ahttp.py
@@ -26,10 +26,20 @@
     logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     requests_log = logging.getLogger("requests.packages.urllib3")
     requests_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     requests_log.propagate = True
 
+#-- ssl
+try:
+    import certifi
+    from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
+    ca_certs = certifi.where()
+    requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
+except Exception as e:
+    log.WARN("No SSL support. Try `sudo pip install urllib3[secure] certifi`", e)
+    ca_certs = False
+
 #-- hooks to progress meter and status bar in main window
 feedback = None
 
 # Sets either text or percentage of main windows' status bar.
 #
@@ -48,10 +58,12 @@
     except: pass
 
 
 # prepare default query object
 session = requests.Session()
+session.verify = ca_certs
+#log.SESS(session.__dict__)
 # default HTTP headers for requests
 session.headers.update({
     "User-Agent": "streamtuner2/2.2 (X11; Linux amd64; rv:52.0) like WinAmp/2.1",
     "Accept": "*/*",
     "Accept-Language": "en-US,en,de,es,fr,it,*;q=0.1",