Discovery: "Access to the requested resource path is unauthorized"

[besweeet]

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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 ```):

youtube-dl.exe -f best[height=720] https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/american-chopper/full-episodes/strikes-and-reverse-trikes --cookies cookies.txt -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-f', 'best[height=720]', 'https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/american-chopper/full-episodes/strikes-and-reverse-trikes', '--cookies', 'cookies.txt', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.18
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-92179-gc27c7b49dc, ffprobe N-92179-gc27c7b49dc
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Discovery] strikes-and-reverse-trikes: Downloading webpage
[Discovery] strikes-and-reverse-trikes: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Access to the requested resource path is unauthorized: v1/streaming/video/5c9100216b66d145a86d13ce [The access token provided has expired]; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "common.py", line 626, in _request_webpage
  File "YoutubeDL.py", line 2225, in urlopen
  File "\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "discovery.py", line 102, in _real_extract
  File "common.py", line 891, in _download_json
  File "common.py", line 869, in _download_json_handle
  File "common.py", line 659, in _download_webpage_handle
  File "common.py", line 644, in _request_webpage
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 401: 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "common.py", line 626, in _request_webpage
  File "YoutubeDL.py", line 2225, in urlopen
  File "\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "discovery.py", line 102, in _real_extract
  File "common.py", line 891, in _download_json
  File "common.py", line 869, in _download_json_handle
  File "common.py", line 659, in _download_webpage_handle
  File "common.py", line 644, in _request_webpage
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 401: 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.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
  File "common.py", line 529, in extract
  File "discovery.py", line 113, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Access to the requested resource path is unauthorized: v1/streaming/video/5c9100216b66d145a86d13ce [The access token provided has expired]; 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.
...
<end of log>

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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.discovery.com/tv-shows/american-chopper/full-episodes/strikes-and-reverse-trikes

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

Without -v, the error I receive is:

ERROR: Access to the requested resource path is unauthorized: v1/streaming/video/5c9100216b66d145a86d13ce [The access token provided has expired]

The video plays fine in Chrome. M3U8 playlists are pulled in fine, too. Those can't be used for the same error.

[Mr-Jake]

I tried your link and it works for me.

[Discovery] strikes-and-reverse-trikes: Downloading webpage
[Discovery] strikes-and-reverse-trikes: Downloading JSON metadata
[Discovery] strikes-and-reverse-trikes: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 5c9100216b66d145a86d13ce:
format code extension resolution note
hls-63 mp4 96x54 63k , avc1.42000a, 6.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-134 mp4 192x108 134k , avc1.42000b, 15.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-244 mp4 288x162 244k , avc1.42000c, 15.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-451 mp4 448x252 451k , avc1.420015, 30.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-760 mp4 768x432 760k , avc1.4d001e, 30.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-1210 mp4 992x558 1210k , avc1.4d001f, 30.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-1889 mp4 1088x612 1889k , avc1.4d001f, 30.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-3304 mp4 1280x720 3304k , avc1.64001f, 30.0fps, mp4a.40.5
hls-5207 mp4 1920x1080 5207k , avc1.640028, 30.0fps, mp4a.40.5 (best)

The most likely issue would be your cookie file. I find the Discovery Network sites have a very short cookie life and they are only valid for an hour or less. When I use youtube-dl I have to constantly generate a new cookie.txt.

[besweeet]

I tried your link and it works for me.

I actually think it's the network I was trying it on as there's some extra security involved. I've had some SSL issues with other websites. Tried it on a different connection and it's downloading as expected.