youtube-dl gives me a 403 error when downloading Bilibili video.

[Truanifan]

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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 ```):

youtube-dl.exe "http://www.bilibili.com/video/av10157114/" -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.bilibili.com/video/av10157114/', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp932, fs mbcs, out cp932, pref cp932
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.05.01
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-62162-gec8789a, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[BiliBili] 10157114: Downloading webpage
[BiliBili] 10157114: Downloading video info page
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'http://ws.acgvideo.com/6/51/16780441-1-hd.mp4?ws
Time=1494040001&platform=pc&wsSecret2=e4f0b43589a426836fce1a503bec2f29&oi=309278
7742&rate=700'
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0io2aq9r\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1803, in process_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0io2aq9r\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1745, in dl
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0io2aq9r\bu
ild\youtube_dl\downloader\common.py", line 360, in download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0io2aq9r\bu
ild\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 61, in real_download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0io2aq9r\bu
ild\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 502, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 685, in http_error_302
  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_defau
lt
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
...
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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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I'm trying to download a video from Bilibili. The video was getting stuck no matter how long I left the command prompt open, but now I just getting getting a 403 error. It's not a VPN issue because the video plays without the need for a VPN connection. I tried downloading a different video at random and it downloaded without any problems. Not sure what's happening as I'm not as computer smart as I wish. Thanks for any help.

[yan12125]

Thanks for the report. This will be fixed in the next version.