HTTP Error 403 Pluralsight Download

[JerryNinh]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.04.26. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--username', 'PRIVA

TE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '-o', 'e:\\Pluralsights\\C++ Fundamentals\\01. Context\\01. Introduction.mp4', '--playlist-start', '1', '--playlist-end', '1', '--max-downloads', '1', '-r', '6M', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/cpp-fundamentals/table-of-contents', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.26
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] cpp-fundamentals: Downloading course 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; 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\tmpi8nwgst1\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 498, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpi8nwgst1\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2106, 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

[dstftw]

Can you watch it in browser in the first place?

[JerryNinh]

How send account to you?

[dstftw]

Answer my question first.

[JerryNinh]

First time, I watch pluralsight show check Captcha. After don't show anytime.
Pluralsight don't show HTTP Error as image

[dstftw]

You need to do this.

[JerryNinh]

I will checked again. Thanks

[JerryNinh]

I use cookies but youttube-dl show Error: HTTP Error 403

[JerryNinh]

Version 2017.04.28 is fix it. Thanks