From 4e8daaa21f31b3531f9de3ffe3238ad6d005bde9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Headshotnoby <nou@is>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:20:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ssl error on winxp???

---
 updater.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/updater.py b/updater.py
index b9ecd86..8c7dddb 100644
--- a/updater.py
+++ b/updater.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import json, urllib, sys, requests, time, os, platform
+import json, sys, requests, time, os, platform, traceback
+from io import BytesIO
+
 from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
+
 from game_version import *
 
 returncode = -1
@@ -112,8 +115,9 @@ class updateThread(QtCore.QThread):
         global returncode
 
         try:
-            manifest = json.load(urllib.urlopen("http://api.github.com/repos/headshot2017/AO2XP/releases"))
+            manifest = json.load(BytesIO(requests.get("http://api.github.com/repos/headshot2017/AO2XP/releases").content))
         except:
+            print traceback.format_exc()
             self.showMessageBox.emit("critical", "Error", "Failed to check for updates.\nPlease check your internet connection.")
             self.finished.emit()
             return