403-Forbidden Error

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.07.10. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• [ X] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.07.10

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

• [ X] At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• [ X] Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• [ X] Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

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• [ X] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
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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 <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 ```):

C:\Users\Raju\Downloads>youtube-dl -u XXXXXX@XXX.COM -p XXXX https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/apache-kafka-fundamentals/9780134833682/ --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/apache-kafka-fundamentals/9780134833682/', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.07.10
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[safari:course] Downloading login form
[safari:course] Logging in
[safari:course] 9780134833682: 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\tmp4etivjk5\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 599, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp4etivjk5\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, 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
...
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[lakshyajayant]

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