Fix HAL (Halton) scraper#347
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The scraper was using http://councillors.halton.gov.uk which now fails with a TCP connection timeout — the server no longer listens on port 80 (HSTS is enforced with max-age=31536000). Switching to HTTPS restores connectivity, but wreq's embedded BoringSSL CA bundle does not trust Halton's certificate, so verify_requests = False is also required.
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Re-scrape after 4042ad0Initial fix: HTTPS migration +
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What broke
The scraper used
http://councillors.halton.gov.ukas its base URL. Halton's server now enforces HTTPS-only (HSTS withmax-age=31536000) and no longer accepts TCP connections on port 80, causing the scraper to time out after 30 seconds. Switching tohttps://restores connectivity, but wreq's embedded BoringSSL CA bundle does not trust Halton's TLS certificate, soverify_requests = Falseis also required.What was fixed
base_urlfromhttp://councillors.halton.gov.uktohttps://councillors.halton.gov.ukinmetadata.jsonverify_requests = Falseto theScraperclass incouncillors.pyScrape results
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