Pluralsight not working

[astandarduser]

It was working the other day, and now I get the error

>ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

I am using the latest update

[astandarduser]

ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 502, in _request_webpage File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2166, in urlopen File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

[disyam]

i got error too

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/react-creating-reusable-components', u'-o', u'%(playlist_id)s/%(chapter_number)s. %(chapter)s/%(playlist_index)s. %(title)s.%(ext)s', u'--download-archive', u'./archive/react-creating-reusable-components.txt', u'--sleep-interval', u'60']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.13
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-4.9.35-v7+-armv7l-with-debian-8.0
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.9-6, avprobe 11.9-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] react-creating-reusable-components: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Creating Reusable React Components
[pluralsight:course] playlist Creating Reusable React Components: Collected 137 video ids (downloading 137 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 137
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in as *******
[pluralsight] react-creating-reusable-components-m0-0: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 502, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2166, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[mfaizanshaikh]

I'm getting the same error.

[trungdn0401]

I'm also getting the same error: ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '--user-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0', '--cookies', 'D:\6-GoogleDrive\0-Document\PS_Training\cookies.txt', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '--all-subs', '--sleep-interval', '120', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/agile-estimation']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.13
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] agile-estimation: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Agile Estimation
[pluralsight:course] playlist Agile Estimation: Collected 21 video ids (downloading 21 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 21
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in as abc@gmail.com
[pluralsight] agile-estimation-m0-courseintro-0: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 502, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2166, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
elif condition == "open":
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
for HTTP, FTP and when applicable HTTPS.
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
def open(self, fullurl, data=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
self.handle_error = {}
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default
FTPHandler, FileHandler, HTTPErrorProcessor,

[luizconrado]

I am also getting the same error!
HTTP 429 - Too many Requests!

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '--rate-limit', '512K', '--verbose', '--sleep-interval', '150', '-o', 'Pluralsight - %(playlist)s - %(release_date)s\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(e
xt)s', '--all-subs', '--playlist-start', '37', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/java-fundamentals-exception-handling']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.09
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-85604-g207e6de, ffprobe N-85604-g207e6de
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] java-fundamentals-exception-handling: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Java Fundamentals: Exception Handling
[pluralsight:course] playlist Java Fundamentals: Exception Handling: Collected 42 video ids (downloading 6 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 6
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in as XXXXXXX
[pluralsight] java-fundamentals-exception-handling-m6-0: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be
sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 502, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2166, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

[jedz09]

I'm getting both Errors 429 and 503 even though I'm using a VPN

PS C:\youtube-dl> .\youtube-dl.exe -v https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network-services
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network-services']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.13
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network-services: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Windows Server 2012 R2 (70-411) Configure Network Services
[pluralsight:course] playlist Windows Server 2012 R2 (70-411) Configure Network Services: Collected 44 video ids (downloading 44 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 44
[pluralsight] windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network-services-m1-0: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 502, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2166, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

PS C:\youtube-dl> .\youtube-dl.exe -v https://app.pluralsight.c
om/library/courses/windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network
-services
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network-services']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.13
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network-services: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: Windows Server 2012 R2 (70-411) Configure Network Services
[pluralsight:course] playlist Windows Server 2012 R2 (70-411) Configure Network Services: Collected 44 video ids (downloading 44 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 44
[pluralsight] windows-server-2012-70-411-configure-network-services-m1-0: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 502, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpc3a66tbr\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2166, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

[luizconrado]

Oh boy, I really hope they fix this error (HTTP 429 - Too many Requests).
I really need a couple of videos urgent. Does anyone know how to download Pluralsight videos in another way? Another application maybe?
Thanks.

[astandarduser]

Any video download extensions should work, but it's annoying because you will have to get them 1 at a time

[luizconrado]

@itchyballsack Thanks for the reply. Let's hope as well that people here will be able to get this fixed :)

[PabloThiele]

The HTTP 429 problem can be avoided for sure on the normal circumstances using the --max-sleep-interval and --min-sleep-interval put something like 120 seconds as minimal and it should work (It will simulate a delay and will download one by one). The another error is worse ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable and cannot even started the downloading process. Took this error yesterday and still the same today. I'm using the latest version:

youtube-dl is up-to-date (2017.08.13)

[PabloThiele]

This snippet worked flawlessly until yesterday 👍

 youtube-dl --username your_user_name --password your_password --verbose --sleep-interval 122  -
-max-sleep-interval 145 --all-subs "The link here"

The actual outcome is:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose', u'--sleep-interval', u'122', u'--max-sleep-interval', u'145', u'--all-subs', u'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/high-availability-elasticity-aws-certified-devops-engineer']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.13
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.10.0-32-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] high-availability-elasticity-aws-certified-devops-engineer: Downloading course JSON
[download] Downloading playlist: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer: High Availability and Elasticity
[pluralsight:course] playlist AWS Certified DevOps Engineer: High Availability and Elasticity: Collected 37 video ids (downloading 37 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 37
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in as my_email
[pluralsight] high-availability-elasticity-aws-certified-devops-engineer-m0-0: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 502, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2166, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[davistran86]

Same here, I also got HTTP error 503