[vine] some vines unable to be downloaded (HTTP 403)

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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 --version
2018.10.05
% youtube-dl https://vine.co/u/923740547368235008 -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vine.co/u/923740547368235008', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.10.05
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Darwin-18.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4, ffprobe 3.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vine:user] 923740547368235008: Downloading user profile data
[vine:user] 923740547368235008: Downloading JSON metadata
[download] Downloading playlist: David Brownman
[vine:user] playlist David Brownman: Collected 72 video ids (downloading 72 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 72
[Vine] 5QTWuphYH5T: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'http://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos_dashhd/DC60B6BDEE1421076030478807040_51bf0322010.41.0.A36D1782-0A2B-4E1F-9248-200AE936ADDA.mp4?versionId=fLjYNwSOJBpL1BXSJm_6fVl2U4JtOLVL'
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1908, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1847, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 364, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 341, in real_download
    establish_connection()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 109, in establish_connection
    ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Looks like vines are unable to be downloaded anymore. Seems like the user info is being fetched correctly, but some individual videos are seeing the error. If it helps, here are some urls:

• individual video page: https://vine.co/v/5QTWuphYH5T
• looks like the above video lives at: blob:https://vine.co/28f52153-5eae-4ad9-bd4e-60629b002777
• older vines download without error (for instance, https://vine.co/v/hrBdTl0wmPu)

Thanks a bunch!

[redsummernight]

HD URLs seem to be broken. In my case, as a workaround I download the standard format instead:

youtube-dl -v -f standard https://vine.co/v/5QTWuphYH5T

[smammy]

Can confirm that this is still the case with 2019.06.08 and that @redsummernight's -f standard workaround still works.