Udemy.com HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: 'Forbidden'>) #22705

vikiaiteam · 2019-10-14T09:18:55Z

Checklist

I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.09.28
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

 C:\udemy-downloaded>youtube-dl -v -u xxx@gmail.com -p xxx --cookies C:\udemy-downloaded\udemy-cookies.txt -o "C:\udemy-downloaded\%(
playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s-%(chapter)s/%(playlist_index)s.%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.udemy.com/course/academic-ielts-writing-task-1 
s
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', '--cookies', 'C:\\udemy-downloaded\\udemy-cookies.txt', '-o', 'C:\\udemy-downloaded\\%(pl
aylist)s/%(chapter_number)s-%(chapter)s/%(playlist_index)s.%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://www.udemy.com/course/academic-ielts-writing-task-1', '--convert-subs', 'vtt']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.09.28
[debug] Python version 3.7.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-93640-ga087764847, ffprobe N-93640-ga087764847
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
[udemy:course] course: Downloading webpage
[udemy:course] 2205064: Downloading course curriculum
[download] Downloading playlist: 2205064
[udemy:course] playlist 2205064: Collected 43 video ids (downloading 43 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 43
[udemy] Downloading login popup
[udemy] 13580764: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 13580764: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 13580764: Downloading lecture JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: 'Forbidden'>); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you ar
e 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 "c:\python37\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "c:\python37\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2237, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "c:\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 531, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "c:\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 641, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "c:\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 569, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "c:\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "c:\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)```


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luizconrado · 2019-10-16T15:24:19Z

I have the exact same problem. Do we have any news about this bug?

jeaye · 2019-10-28T18:19:21Z

This has been reported many times, but I haven't yet seen any info on it. I've tried with a cookies.txt file and also with manually specifying -u and -p. The cookies file gets further, as shown in the logs above, but only as far as seeing all of the videos to download. Once it tries downloading the first video, the 403 shows up again.

Shineson1001 · 2019-10-28T20:21:11Z

I have the same problem for many days.
In the Meanwhile i use udemy-dl (in a docker container). It works fine.

mabdelghaniML · 2019-11-03T18:19:22Z

I experienced the same issue from Git-bash and from the windows version.
Any help or updates?

Darkcast · 2019-11-06T14:49:45Z

I have the same problem for many days.
In the Meanwhile i use udemy-dl (in a docker container). It works fine.

That tool is also broken it doesnt download the videos either

Shineson1001 · 2019-11-06T19:27:06Z

I have the same problem for many days.
In the Meanwhile i use udemy-dl (in a docker container). It works fine.

That tool is also broken it doesnt download the videos either

it works

root@nuc1:/opt/docker-udemydl # cat Dockerfile
FROM python:alpine

RUN apk add --no-cache --update gcc libc-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev git &&
git clone https://github.com/r0oth3x49/udemy-dl.git &&
cd udemy-dl &&
pip install -r requirements.txt &&
mkdir -p /course

VOLUME ["/course"]

ENTRYPOINT ["python", "/udemy-dl/udemy-dl.py", "-o", "/course"]

docker build -t xxx/your-udemy-dl-image:1.0 . --no-cache
docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/course --name tempudemy-dl xxx/your-udemy-dl-image:1.0 -u your-udemy-user -p your-udemy-password https://www.udemy.com/course/xxx

davidhenley · 2019-12-10T22:48:06Z

@Darkcast it works just fine with the instructions in the repo

MPW1412 · 2019-12-13T08:31:19Z

403 looks like a missmatch in the Metadata. Which data does the udemy-dl script use?

pavelloz · 2020-01-26T16:10:58Z

I tried to use gist instructions described here: https://gist.github.com/barbietunnie/8531d9c26cd1c0668e7278c7c4ba5853

But without success.

Heres what i got on current youtube-dl:

Downloads|⇒ youtube-dl --cookies cookie.txt https://www.udemy.com/course/hacking-real-websites-legally-2 --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--cookies', u'cookie.txt', u'https://www.udemy.com/course/hacking-real-websites-legally-2', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.01.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2, ffprobe 4.2.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] course: Downloading webpage
[udemy:course] 2664834: Downloading course curriculum
[download] Downloading playlist: 2664834
[udemy:course] playlist 2664834: Collected 28 video ids (downloading 28 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 28
[udemy] 17022386: Downloading webpage
[udemy] 17022386: Downloading lecture JSON
[udemy] 17022386: Downloading lecture JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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 627, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2237, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.17_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.17_1/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@2/2.7.17_1/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@2/2.7.17_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.17_1/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)

jose1711 · 2020-04-02T17:54:26Z

Same here, it dies in exactly same spot everytime I run it:

..
[download] Destination: 30318/3.03. Javascript Essentials/14.0303 Boolean Types And Comparison.mp4
[download] 100% of 3.05MiB in 00:00
[download] Downloading video 15 of 92
[udemy] 170627: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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.

petr-hybler · 2020-04-03T11:59:59Z

Hello guys same here ... any update? It would be helpful to fix it so we can watch those courses offline

OS: Linux

youtube-dl -u #myUsername# -p #MyPassword# https://udemy.com/course/the-ultimate-drawing-course-beginner-to-advanced/ --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'https://udemy.com/course/the-ultimate-drawing-course-beginner-to-advanced/', u'--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24 [debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Linux-5.3.0-45-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-18.04-bionic [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.6, ffprobe 3.4.6, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [udemy:course] Downloading login popup [udemy:course] Logging in [udemy:course] course: Downloading webpage [udemy:course] 874012: Enrolling in the course [udemy:course] 874012: Downloading course curriculum ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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. File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2238, 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)

sebastianhritcu · 2020-04-21T16:38:27Z

Hi all,

The download will not work, because the course is not downloadable from the browser. You can check the api calls and search for "download_urls:" and you will see the value is set to null.

Maybe checking for the parameter from the api calls for "stream_urls:" and than try to download the video file.

api call example:
{
"stream_urls":
{
"Video":
[
{
"type":"video/mp4",
"label":"720",
"file":"https://bla bla bla with no extension"
}
]
}
}

darkRaspberry · 2020-04-24T08:22:33Z

I also have this error

jadence · 2020-05-19T16:41:00Z

I was having the same 403 error despite purchasing the course. To fix it I did two things:

Clear my udemy cookies, log back into udemy.com, and then export a new cookies.txt
Changed the course URL from https://www.udemy.com/course/<course_name>/ to https://www.udemy.com/<course_name>/

After the above two steps running youtube-dl --cookies cookies.txt https://www.udemy.com/<course_name>/ --verbose finally worked!

petr-hybler · 2020-05-20T06:29:08Z

sorry ... even that does not work :(

Shineson1001 · 2020-05-20T16:53:40Z

hi @jadence,
thanks, it works.

nbensa · 2020-05-21T14:17:23Z

Changed the course URL from https://www.udemy.com/course/<course_name>/ to https://www.udemy.com/<course_name>/

This fixed it for me. I downloaded all the videos for the course I bought.

Thanks @jadence

Anil86 · 2020-06-11T21:13:23Z

@jadence , @nbensa Can you share your full youtube-dl's command syntax?

nbensa · 2020-06-11T21:27:58Z

@Anil86

youtube-dl --cookies [path-to-cookies-file] https://www.udemy.com/<course-name>/

HTH

Anil86 · 2020-06-11T21:32:00Z

I tried to generate cookie file using EditThisCookie chrome extension. But it shows following error:

'cookies.txt' does not look like a Netscape format cookies file.

@nbensa What tool are you using to export cookie file?

nbensa · 2020-06-11T21:51:01Z

I used this extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg

jadence · 2020-06-11T22:34:28Z

@jadence , @nbensa Can you share your full youtube-dl's command syntax?

@Anil86 - My command I used is youtube-dl --cookies cookies.txt https://www.udemy.com/<course_name>/ --verbose
notes:
• The --verbose flag almost certainly isn't necessary
• My cookies.txt was placed in the same directory I ran the above command in
• My cookies.txt file was generated using https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookies-txt/

Good luck!

petr-hybler · 2020-06-13T02:23:22Z

guys what os and version of youtube-dl are you running ??

My system
Ubuntu: 20.04 LTS
Gnome: 3.36.2
youtube-dl: 2020-06-06

and your way simply does not work.. always returns 403 :(

plus can you list down your python version and packages installed? might be something related to that as well

petr-hybler · 2020-06-13T04:27:27Z

holly crap it works now .. yes ... I uninstalled and reinstalled python and pip and it works now ...

khanu · 2020-06-24T15:17:34Z

I was having the same 403 error despite purchasing the course. To fix it I did two things:
1. Clear my udemy cookies, log back into udemy.com, and then export a new `cookies.txt`

2. Changed the course URL from `https://www.udemy.com/course/<course_name>/` to `https://www.udemy.com/<course_name>/`
After the above two steps running youtube-dl --cookies cookies.txt https://www.udemy.com/<course_name>/ --verbose finally worked!

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