title: Error "Failed processing Browscap file" python webscraping
body: <p>I am trying to create a program which will access a specific https webpage on my university website in which my semester marks are displayed. I want to scrape the web page to check for changes to when my final marks come out and then send an email to myself (easier than having to check at random throughout the day). </p>
  
  <p>I've never done web scraping before and the site requires login authentication so this problem is probably more complicated than I think but here is what I have so far: </p>
  
  <pre><code>import certifi
  from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
  import urllib3 as u
  
  url = "https://upnet.up.ac.za/psc/pscsmpra/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/UP_SS_MENU.UP_SS_RESULTS_FL.GBL"
  http = u.PoolManager(cert_reqs='CERT_REQUIRED',ca_certs=certifi.where())
  
  try:
      r =    http.request('GET',url,timeout=u.Timeout(connect=1.0, read=2.0))
  except u.exceptions.NewConnectionError: 
      print("Connection Failed")
  
  print(r.status)
  soup = BeautifulSoup(r.data,features="html.parser")
  
  print(soup.prettify())
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>running this code returns the following: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>200 </p>
    
    <p>Failed processing Browscap file. as it could be missing. Please
    contact your system adminstrator.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>If i run r.headers i get this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>HTTPHeaderDict({'Date': 'Thu, 15 Nov 2018 07:13:27 GMT', 'Server':
    'Apache', 'Content-Length': '99', 'X-Frame-Options': 'SAMEORIGIN',
    'Set-Cookie':
    'appcsmpr08-7007-PORTAL-PSJSESSIONID=5T8WMyIf2lC2ZSBTaf84UZBA-tV9BLAh!631984709;
    domain=.up.ac.za; path=/; HttpOnly,
    NSC_wt_dbnqvtqspe=ffffffff8adf14db45525d5f4f58455e445a4a422d6f;expires=Thu,
    15-Nov-2018 08:09:29 GMT;path=/;httponly,
    dtCookie=E2152DB7F41B75674D0AE5146876F0EB|UFNDU018MQ; Path=/;
    Domain=.up.ac.za', 'X-Clacks-Overhead': 'GNU Terry Pratchett',
    'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8'}) PS
    C:\Users\Shaun\Documents\Personal_Projects\markAlert></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I assume that I'm able to connect but I'm uncertain of what is meant by the error above. A google search was no help. </p>
  
  <p>Any help on how to fix this appreciated! </p>