Pluralsight - 403 Error

[vigo]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.11.03. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.11.03

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

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

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• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-o', '%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--prefer-ffmpeg']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', '--verbose', 'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/go-build-distributed-applications']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.03
[debug] Git HEAD: 80414b1b5b23
[debug] Python version 3.6.4 (CPython) - Darwin-17.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.2, ffprobe 4.0.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] go-build-distributed-applications: Downloading JSON metadata
[download] Downloading playlist: Building Distributed Applications with Go
[pluralsight:course] playlist Building Distributed Applications with Go: Collected 51 video ids (downloading 51 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 51
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: 'Forbidden'>); 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.
  File "/Users/vigo/.pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/Users/vigo/.pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/Users/vigo/.pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 532, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/Users/vigo/.pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 642, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/Users/vigo/.pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 570, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/Users/vigo/.pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/Users/vigo/.pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 650, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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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'm getting 403 error.

[vigo]

oops...this is my fault

[TerrorSource]

@vigo what did you do to solve this issue?
I'm not using a proxy and it stopped downloading halfway

[vigo]

@TerrorSource well, I've recognized that, I was trying to download videos which I don't have an access there :) My subscription was not covering them... Try to access via web and see If you are allowed or not...

[TerrorSource]

I was able to view the videos via de website but not able to download them
Switched IP-address and i was able to download them :)

[NAGENDRA-BABU-MARASU]

@TerrorSource Can you please help me how to solve the issue (403 forbidden) error and how you Switched IP addresses :)

[TerrorSource]

@TerrorSource Can you please help me how to solve the issue (403 forbidden) error and how you Switched IP addresses :)

Router restart can help, or switch to a different network location, use mobile phone hotspot etc etc.