Pluralsight password having "\" character.

[parthdmaniar]

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• [Yes] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
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• [Yes] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
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Verbose log

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youtube-dl --username "REDACTED" --password "Alphabets replaced with * only symbols kept as is }~**+8**\**" --verbose --sleep-interval 120 "https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/operationalizing-cyber-threat-intel-pivoting-hunting/table-of-contents"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose', u'--sleep-interval', u'120', u'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/operationalizing-cyber-threat-intel-pivoting-hunting/table-of-contents']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30
[debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Linux-5.0.0-13-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-19.04-disco
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[pluralsight:course] operationalizing-cyber-threat-intel-pivoting-hunting: Downloading JSON metadata
[download] Downloading playlist: Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intel: Pivoting & Hunting
[pluralsight:course] playlist Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intel: Pivoting & Hunting: Collected 36 video ids (downloading 36 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 36
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in
ERROR: Unable to log in; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 528, in extract
    self.initialize()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 432, in initialize
    self._real_initialize()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 165, in _real_initialize
    self._login()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 215, in _login
    raise ExtractorError('Unable to log in')
ExtractorError: Unable to log in; 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.

Description

I suspect " \ " character in the password to be causing this issue. I have used the same command line with the same switches to successfully connect and login using different name and password.

My password without numbers and alphabets has the following: }~+\

[rautamiekka]

Since you're on NIX, try replacing the double quotes surrounding your pw with single quotes.

[parthdmaniar]

I am using the same command line and switches (including double quotes) with different password and it works perfect. Once this is one, I will try with single quotes and the PWD i had.

Hopefully, I will find my first bug :D

[parthdmaniar]

youtube-dl --username "**REDACTED**" --password '}~+8\' --verbose --sleep-interval 120 "https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/operationalizing-cyber-threat-intel-pivoting-hunting/table-of-contents" [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose', u'--sleep-interval', u'120', u'https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/operationalizing-cyber-threat-intel-pivoting-hunting/table-of-contents'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.30 [debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Linux-5.0.0-13-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-19.04-disco [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [pluralsight:course] operationalizing-cyber-threat-intel-pivoting-hunting: Downloading JSON metadata [download] Downloading playlist: Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intel: Pivoting & Hunting [pluralsight:course] playlist Operationalizing Cyber Threat Intel: Pivoting & Hunting: Collected 36 video ids (downloading 36 of them) [download] Downloading video 1 of 36 [pluralsight] Downloading login page [pluralsight] Logging in ERROR: Unable to log in; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 528, in extract self.initialize() File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 432, in initialize self._real_initialize() File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 165, in _real_initialize self._login() File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 215, in _login raise ExtractorError('Unable to log in') ExtractorError: Unable to log in; 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.

Still the same thing. (YAY and sorry).

[dstftw]

For any work on this you must provide account credentials.

[parthdmaniar]

I can provide the credentials, could you confirm who should I direct message those to?