HTTP Error 403: Unauthorized

[nop]

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--netrc', '-o', '~/Videos/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.udemy.com/the-web-developer-bootcamp', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.01
[debug] Python version 3.7.2 (CPython) - Linux-4.20.12-arch1-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.1, ffprobe 4.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Unauthorized (caused by <HTTPError 403: 'Unauthorized'>); 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 "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2225, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 641, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
...
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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I am unable to download any course on Udemy. I have paid for all courses I'm trying to download, and can watch them in multiple different browsers. My ~/.netrc contains my exact credentials for Udemy. I have also tried to forego my ~/.netrc with the -u and -p flags, which has yielded the same error. I have tried downloading entire courses that give [udemy:course] output, and single videos that give '[udemy]' output/logging.

There is an open issue for fixing 403 issues, so I would propose the work discussed in that thread.

I see many people opening similar issues, just to have them closed and marked as "duplicate"s. This issue is not a duplicate, as no issue thread for this project (yes, I've checked them) has yielded a solution to my issue.

[nop]

The issue persists when accessing a free video, generating valid cookies (from cookies.txt), omitting --netrc, and using -u and -p again.

[dnlzzxz]

Same here, cannot download [Udemy] course, already tried -u and -p, and --cookies as well. Keeps accusing the 403 error.

[Thierry-FR]

I had the exact same issue but after viewing the first video of the course everything finally worked fine.

Issue :
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Unauthorized (caused by HTTPError()); 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.

My command :
youtube-dl -u USER -p PASS -o "./%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s-%(chapter)s/%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s" --cookies "./cookies.txt" "https://www.udemy.com/COURSE/learn/v4/content"

Change USER, PASS and COURSE :)

[scottbragg]

This issue still persists in the latest build: 2019.04.01: Mentioned above is watching the first video in a course to solve this problem. As of this build, either no longer works, or was an unrelated issue.

user@mybox: youtube-dl -u REDACTED@REDACTED -p REDACTED -v -o "./%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s-%(chapter)s/%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.udemy.com/learn-devops-continuously-deliver-better-software/learn/v4/content
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'-v', u'-o', u'./%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s-%(chapter)s/%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'https://www.udemy.com/learn-devops-continuously-deliver-better-software/learn/v4/content']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.15rc1 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-38-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-18.04-bionic
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.4, ffprobe 3.4.4, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Unauthorized (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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 626, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2225, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

[kyleinprogress]

Also having this issue on the latest version 2019.04.30. It will start downloading, but 10-15 videos in, I get the 403 error.

$ youtube-dl -u '<USERNAME>' -p '<PASSWORD>' -f best https://www.udemy.com/django-python-advanced --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', '-f', 'best', 'https://www.udemy.com/django-python-advanced', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 3.5.2 (CPython) - Linux-4.4.0-146-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.3-0york1, ffprobe 4.1.3-0york1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
[udemy:course] Logging in
[udemy:course] django-python-advanced: Downloading webpage
[udemy:course] 2045310: Downloading course curriculum
[download] Downloading playlist: 2045310
[udemy:course] playlist 2045310: Collected 72 video ids (downloading 72 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 72
[udemy] Downloading login popup
[udemy] 12896152: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12896152: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 15685874: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/15685874/2018-12-12_21-12-53-30cdb5d0d8c55b64cb679cd6605ff5dd/hls/hls_1080/aa0018948a611d8e47f3ab8b3edb7b063fb6.m3u8'
[download] Welcome to Build a Backend API with Django REST Framework - Advanced-15685874.mp4 has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 77.85MiB
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Welcome to Build a Backend API with Django REST Framework - Advanced-15685874.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Welcome to Build a Backend API with Django REST Framework - Advanced-15685874.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Welcome to Build a Backend API with Django REST Framework - Advanced-15685874.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:Welcome to Build a Backend API with Django REST Framework - Advanced-15685874.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 2 of 72
[udemy] 12712403: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12712403: Downloading lecture JSON
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://a2.udemycdn.com/2019-02-28_15-50-49-0e00b1f9d0ddb0858470669a0d89460b/WebHD_720p.mp4?nva=20190510234229&token=01e4c2e50dc65b0ab1104'
[download] Intro to the course-16890256.mp4 has already been downloaded
[download] 100% of 51.85MiB
[download] Downloading video 3 of 72
[udemy] 13842064: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842064: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890318: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890318/2019-02-28_15-55-13-ecefa0e4f8520a38230602fa8970f946/hls/hls_1080/aa00f34e3ef964e7c7e5c79aaddb405eb2ac.m3u8'
[download] Course structure-16890318.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Course structure-16890318.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Course structure-16890318.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Course structure-16890318.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:Course structure-16890318.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 4 of 72
[udemy] 13842068: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842068: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890322: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890322/2019-02-28_15-55-33-85946d8c48861ca3084ec8caddc242d3/hls/hls_1080/aa0029e2a87f675e3569ac335e5bc4e83fd0.m3u8'
[download] How to get the most out of this course-16890322.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:How to get the most out of this course-16890322.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "How to get the most out of this course-16890322.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:How to get the most out of this course-16890322.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:How to get the most out of this course-16890322.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 5 of 72
[udemy] 13842070: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842070: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890328: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890328/2019-02-28_15-56-26-0077d22653b35c54eedbb93261334032/hls/hls_1080/aa0031528003e1de36e83c4ca845e0bc7cfe.m3u8'
[download] How to get help-16890328.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:How to get help-16890328.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "How to get help-16890328.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:How to get help-16890328.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:How to get help-16890328.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 6 of 72
[udemy] 12712409: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12712409: Downloading lecture JSON
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://a2.udemycdn.com/2019-02-28_15-56-38-4ba46678e4ff20fd46ba143c38e65541/WebHD_720p.mp4?nva=20190510234233&token=0fb606c8c4469666fb22b'
[download] Python-16890332.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[download] Downloading video 7 of 72
[udemy] 13842082: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842082: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890342: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890342/2019-02-28_15-57-43-8c51c6db390c57b8065aa6d977e9f983/hls/hls_1080/aa009dae558a48320744191f90e3472bf4c4.m3u8'
[download] Django-16890342.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams file:Django-16890342.mp4
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Django-16890342.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i file:Django-16890342.mp4 -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc file:Django-16890342.temp.mp4
[download] Downloading video 8 of 72
[udemy] 13842090: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842090: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890344: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890344/2019-02-28_15-58-18-0c04d2f82a70bd581c6bf240b64a7d6a/hls/hls_1080/aa00757468641dbd6d929a13a77d2685f1b8.m3u8'
[download] Django REST Framework-16890344.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Django REST Framework-16890344.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Django REST Framework-16890344.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Django REST Framework-16890344.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:Django REST Framework-16890344.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 9 of 72
[udemy] 13842094: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842094: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890348: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890348/2019-02-28_15-58-34-e19fc02c2f5eb15502564e66780f3a07/hls/hls_1080/aa00fd301fbce16a3eca507bb3fd3b87918b.m3u8'
[download] Docker-16890348.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams file:Docker-16890348.mp4
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Docker-16890348.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i file:Docker-16890348.mp4 -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc file:Docker-16890348.temp.mp4
[download] Downloading video 10 of 72
[udemy] 13842100: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842100: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890372: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890372/2019-02-28_15-59-14-b8cad1ab2237bd055bf3f3a7de167a0c/hls/hls_1080/aa00ed8fee25985b519eace31f9106b830b6.m3u8'
[download] Travis-CI-16890372.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams file:Travis-CI-16890372.mp4
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Travis-CI-16890372.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i file:Travis-CI-16890372.mp4 -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc file:Travis-CI-16890372.temp.mp4
[download] Downloading video 11 of 72
[udemy] 13842104: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13842104: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 16890378: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/16890378/2019-02-28_15-59-36-9d26055aadbc67964980a2ec504b871e/hls/hls_1080/aa00735465d567170665f6a13853854ba2f3.m3u8'
[download] Postgres-16890378.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams file:Postgres-16890378.mp4
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Postgres-16890378.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i file:Postgres-16890378.mp4 -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc file:Postgres-16890378.temp.mp4
[download] Downloading video 12 of 72
[udemy] 12908108: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12908108: Downloading lecture JSON
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://a.udemycdn.com/2019-02-28_16-00-32-f7b5a6a7a706a639a7bcba9cc64d24c7/WebHD_720p.mp4?nva=20190510234240&token=03ec2252a538f44b54052'
[download] What is test driven development-16890390.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[download] Downloading video 13 of 72
[udemy] 12712509: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12712509: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 15455889: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/15455889/2018-11-27_17-41-18-be632cb5f54c00207e5f505d40ef98c7/hls/hls_1080/aa00fc9dfdcf70f46c162e41ee9ab56052af.m3u8'
[download] Setup new GitHub project-15455889.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Setup new GitHub project-15455889.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Setup new GitHub project-15455889.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Setup new GitHub project-15455889.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:Setup new GitHub project-15455889.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 14 of 72
[udemy] 12712517: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12712517: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 15455907: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/15455907/2018-11-27_17-42-55-13c761e6b08290ba27b6660a59ae0817/hls/hls_1080/aa0037a7c60ce525e7177c66aa33bf74a2a2.m3u8'
[download] Add Dockerfile-15455907.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Add Dockerfile-15455907.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Add Dockerfile-15455907.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Add Dockerfile-15455907.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:Add Dockerfile-15455907.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 15 of 72
[udemy] 12712519: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12712519: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 15455915: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/15455915/2018-11-27_17-43-42-5ff22c77124dab3d66d9d3af60c09733/hls/hls_1080/aa006fb2587c8b2b526f540ee1fac9100164.m3u8'
[download] Configure Docker Compose-15455915.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Configure Docker Compose-15455915.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Configure Docker Compose-15455915.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Configure Docker Compose-15455915.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:Configure Docker Compose-15455915.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 16 of 72
[udemy] 12712523: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 12712523: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 15455917: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://h.udemycdn-a.com/2045310/15455917/2018-11-27_17-44-19-9d4573ddd7c0fba763d9bf8ac464b1bc/hls/hls_1080/aa000ead3f18032b66f3a678c50ddc3b03c9.m3u8'
[download] Create Django project-15455917.mp4 has already been downloaded
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[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:Create Django project-15455917.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformed AAC bitstream in "Create Django project-15455917.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i 'file:Create Django project-15455917.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:Create Django project-15455917.temp.mp4'
[download] Downloading video 17 of 72
[udemy] 12712529: Downloading webpage
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 "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 626, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2227, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 472, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 582, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 510, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 444, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 590, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)