The problem has been resolved, thanks 
Hi and welcome.
I always get a little dismayed when I read posts of this nature, because such an experience is clearly so negative, that it’s likely to put someone off, which would be such a shame.
Have a read of this feature, which should guide you in the right direction.
Hello,
thanks for reaching out and not reading the post at all!
The error had todo with a openssl Installation on my system which had put an Environment variable in place which caused python to crash when trying to send https requests.
Hope you have a nice day!
Okay, well I’m sorry that you didn’t find my offering to be of help. It was based on you saying:
If you have Python set up correctly, there is NO code that you can’t run.
The best of luck to you.