[SoundCloud] Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[zillionn]

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$ youtube-dl -v 'https://soundcloud.com/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://soundcloud.com/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.01
[debug] Python version 3.4.2 - Linux-3.16.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-8.5
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.8-6, avprobe 11.8-6, ffmpeg N-82471-g0edd569, ffprobe N-82471-g0edd569, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[soundcloud] a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2: Resolving id
[soundcloud] a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2: Downloading info JSON
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; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 404, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 461, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 571, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 493, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 433, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 676, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 461, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 571, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 499, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 433, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 579, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
<end of log>

[dstftw]

Can you watch it in browser in the first place?

[zillionn]

I try from different locations. The one I gave you is from USA. From my computer (Europe) I can listen it from the browser but this is what youtube-dl returns:
$ youtube-dl -v 'https://soundcloud.com/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://soundcloud.com/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.22
[debug] Python version 3.5.2 - Darwin-15.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2, ffprobe 3.2, rtmpdump 2.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[soundcloud] a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2: Resolving id
[soundcloud] a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/timeless-2: Downloading info JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized (caused by <HTTPError 401: 'Unauthorized'>); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 404, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 472, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 582, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 510, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 444, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 590, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[zillionn]

From the server in USA other tracks I tried are working but this one.

[dstftw]

Second log is outdated version. Can you watch it in browser from the location of the first log?

[zillionn]

Actually I didn't notice that I'm not using the latest version on my computer and after updating it is working.

And it is also working on the other server now, not sure what happened before, it was probably a temporary issue. Sorry bothering you.