[pornhub] Accessing private videos

[Showster88]

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

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

C:\Users\Example>youtube-dl -v -s https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5a9bd27202a67&pkey=28913901 --cookies cookies.txt
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-s', 'https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5a9bd27202a67']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.20
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[PornHub] ph5a9bd27202a67: Downloading webpage
ERROR: ph5a9bd27202a67: PornHub said: Sorry, but this video is private. You must be friends with abhater to view this video.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpbt_jbnlh\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpbt_jbnlh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 440, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpbt_jbnlh\build\youtube_dl\extractor\pornhub.py", line 135, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: ph5a9bd27202a67: PornHub said: Sorry, but this video is private. You must be friends with abhater to view this video.

'pkey' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

--cookies example:

C:\Users\Example>youtube-dl --cookies Downloads\cookies.txt https://www.pornhub.com
[generic] www.pornhub: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] www.pornhub: Downloading webpage
[generic] www.pornhub: Extracting information
[download] Downloading playlist: Free Porn Videos & Sex Movies - Porno, XXX, Porn Tube | Pornhub
[generic] playlist Free Porn Videos & Sex Movies - Porno, XXX, Porn Tube | Pornhub: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 19, in
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl_init_.py", line 471, in main
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl_init_.py", line 461, in _real_main
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1989, in download
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 995, in process_ie_result
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 850, in process_ie_result
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1623, in process_video_result
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1896, in process_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1835, in dl
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\downloader\common.py", line 364, in download
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 340, in real_download
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\downloader\http.py", line 109, in establish_connection
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2199, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1496, in data_open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\base64.py", line 554, in decodebytes
binascii.Error: Incorrect padding

Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I would like to know if downloading private videos (when you are NOT friends with the uploader) is possible? The link is alive; (https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph59a5513ce257e&pkey=23117731). --cookies method does not seem to work either.

It might be a coding issue or there could simply be an obvious error I am overlooking.

I did a search but it could not find any matching repositories.

Thanks.

[dstftw]

Can watch in browser = can download with browser's cookies.

[Showster88]

Is there any method to bypass this or can it only be done with videos you have access to?

Thanks.