Secrets pip not downloading MacOS

the secrets library is not downloading when I try to install the pip. My python is updated to 3.11.0. Wondering if that may be the issue?

Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [13 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/private/var/folders/bb/30cx945s3g9ftgw4q18zyw900000gn/T/pip-install-ll7ks8fq/secrets_1a6d2e6558c34836a716331c20614163/setup.py", line 10, in <module>
          import OpenSSL
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'OpenSSL'
      
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
      
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
        File "/private/var/folders/bb/30cx945s3g9ftgw4q18zyw900000gn/T/pip-install-ll7ks8fq/secrets_1a6d2e6558c34836a716331c20614163/setup.py", line 12, in <module>
          raise ImportError('Installing this module requires OpenSSL python bindings')
      ImportError: Installing this module requires OpenSSL python bindings
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

The last note leads me to believe that it is to do with the library itself.

Answer

A the error mentions: ImportError: Installing this module requires OpenSSL python bindings, you are probably missing OpenSSL bindings. They are part of the cryptography package.

Install them with pip install cryptography and try again.

EDIT: Python 3.11 is like a few days old. If it does not work you can also try to downscale to 3.10 or 3.9 as the packages is probably not supported yet in 3.11.

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