unable to download JSON metadata

[imrankhan441]

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\tmpiyv5xz5s\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 517, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpiyv5xz5s\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2198, 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

[yan12125]

Please paste full log, not the last few lines only.

[imrankhan441]

[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.12.31
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] advanced-python: Downloading course JSON
[pluralsight:course] advanced-python: Downloading JSON metadata
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\tmpiyv5xz5s\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 517, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpiyv5xz5s\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2198, 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

[yan12125]

The first four lines should be included, like this:

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcXFY-_rDzQ']

[trungdn0401]

Same problem on this day.
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--user-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0', '--cookies', '.\cookies.txt', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '-f', 'best', '--all-subs', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/modernizing-dotnet-framework-apps-docker']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.12.31
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] modernizing-dotnet-framework-apps-docker: Downloading course JSON
[pluralsight:course] modernizing-dotnet-framework-apps-docker: Downloading JSON metadata
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\tmpiyv5xz5s\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 517, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpiyv5xz5s\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2198, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
elif condition == "open":
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
for HTTP, FTP and when applicable HTTPS.
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
def open(self, fullurl, data=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
self.handle_error = {}
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default
FTPHandler, FileHandler, HTTPErrorProcessor,

[yan12125]

Thanks for the log. Looks like a duplicate of #14098.

[dstftw]

Most likely your IP is blocked by pluralsight.