VEVO 403 Error

[rockifylabs]

Getting a 403 forbidden error from VEVO

youtube-dl --verbose --prefer-free-formats http://www.vevo.com/watch/katy-perry/et/USCA31100006?source=instantsearch
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--prefer-free-formats', 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/katy-perry/et/USCA31100006?source=instantsearch']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.1 - Darwin-11.4.2-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Vevo] USCA31100006?source=instantsearch: Downloading json info
[Vevo] USCA31100006?source=instantsearch: Downloading videos urls
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 121, in _request_webpage
return compat_urllib_request.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 126, in urlopen
return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 398, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 511, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 430, in error
result = self._call_chain(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 370, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 606, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 398, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 511, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 436, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 370, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 519, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[phihag]

Thank you for the report. This should be fixed in youtube-dl v2013.08.17.

[rockifylabs]

I upated to 08.17 and still get the same error (see below). Am I missing something? I tried installing via tarball and pip.

youtube-dl --verbose http://www.vevo.com/watch/haim/the-wire/GBUV71301025?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=watch&utm_campaign=wp_haim_thewire
[1] 3141
[2] 3142
[2]+ Done utm_medium=watch
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/haim/the-wire/GBUV71301025?utm_source=youtube']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.08.17
[debug] Python version 2.7.1 - Darwin-11.4.2-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Vevo] GBUV71301025?utm_source=youtube: Downloading json info
[Vevo] GBUV71301025?utm_source=youtube: Downloading videos urls
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 121, in _request_webpage
return compat_urllib_request.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 126, in urlopen
return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 398, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 511, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 430, in error
result = self._call_chain(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 370, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 606, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 398, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 511, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 436, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 370, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 519, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[rockifylabs]

Python 2.7.1
youtube-dl 2013.08.17
Mac OSX 10.7.5

[xanadu]

works for me
$ youtube-dl http://www.vevo.com/watch/haim/the-wire/GBUV71301025
[Vevo] GBUV71301025: Downloading json info
[Vevo] GBUV71301025: Downloading videos urls
[Vevo] GBUV71301025: Extracting information
[download] Destination: The Wire-GBUV71301025.mp4
[download] 27.0% of 160.37MiB at 1.17MiB/s ETA 01:40

[rockifylabs]

Ok that format of the URL works but the one I originally posted still doesn't, but now I'll just make sure the URLs are formatted that way. Thanks!

[jaimeMF]

Now you'll be able to use urls like http://www.vevo.com/watch/katy-perry/et/USCA31100006?source=instantsearch without problem.