402: Payment Required

[Pupo1]

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), 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 -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVa7ooLRhc
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVa7ooLRhc']
WARNING: Assuming --restrict-filenames since file system encoding cannot encode all characters. Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.
[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out ANSI_X3.4-1968, pref ANSI_X3.4-1968
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.06
[debug] Python version 2.7.9 - Linux-2.6.32-042stab116.1-x86_64-with-debian-8.8
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] -dVa7ooLRhc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] -dVa7ooLRhc: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1956, in download
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1527, in _real_extract
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable


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<end of log>

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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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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I get the 402 error - payment required. The usual explanation would be overuse of youtube-dl, but the error occurs even on a fresh server that I had never used vor youtube-dl before.

I have currently three virtual servers, each running debian.
Server 1: Debian 8.3 Jessie , youtube-dl 2017.08.06

Server 2: Debian 8.8 Jessie, youtube-dl 2017.08.06, NEVER used vor youtube-dl before

Server 3: Debian 9.0 stretch, youtube-dl 2017.05.18.1

Home computer: yout-dl does work fine on my computer at home, version 2017.02.11, on Linux Mint 17.1 .

The first two give me this error:

Error:

WARNING: Assuming --restrict-filenames since file system encoding cannot encode all characters. Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.
[youtube] _YS2yTY0RlE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] _YS2yTY0RlE: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 19, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 465, in main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 455, in _real_main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1956, in download
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1527, in _real_extract
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

-------------------- the third server gives this error:

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqAtlyQTMn8&list=PL452007C8DAABDFEC
[1] 11090
pulmo@vps412210:~$ [youtube] qqAtlyQTMn8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] qqAtlyQTMn8: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 402: Payment Required (caused by <HTTPError 402: 'Payment Required'>); 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.

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[dstftw]

1. https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#http-error-429-too-many-requests-or-402-payment-required
2. #5138.