Having issues with pip requests? How to troubleshoot common errors? or What's the best way to handle

SSL errors? Classic.

First, run `python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel`. Old versions hate modern certs.

If that doesn’t work, bypass SSL (not ideal but for testing):
`pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --trusted-host=* requests`

But yeah, fix your certs properly later.