ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError())

[xiaose]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.11.28
• 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

youtube-dl.exe https://cdn.vidyard.com/hls-videos/uOnFGlfrMECrVyZW-IC3vQ/stream_master_n9HYXx8RhD56f2z7vMEdQQ.m3u8?bkzlhYmEJ9O_HhZrvISndjxgx4ZmhNQOMiv8iFzv5oVE0h7mwHFI7l8v6z6vnal7d7YKB0isXG2grsxLMi_1O8dWbktYQyYdKBbQJQkwKVGWr6NbZQhQGMrT6vJdFV6ZkxB4vo3gljaQhuyACEAnwxhHUeKhbQp2bRorJGJZcdq3CCcJzO6yPdpKVz_HoKtc7JXc -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://cdn.vidyard.com/hls-videos/uOnFGlfrMECrVyZW-IC3vQ/stream_master_n9HYXx8RhD56f2z7vMEdQQ.m3u8?bkzlhYmEJ9O_HhZrvISndjxgx4ZmhNQOMiv8iFzv5oVE0h7mwHFI7l8v6z6vnal7d7YKB0isXG2grsxLMi_1O8dWbktYQyYdKBbQJQkwKVGWr6NbZQhQGMrT6vJdFV6ZkxB4vo3gljaQhuyACEAnwxhHUeKhbQp2bRorJGJZcdq3CCcJzO6yPdpKVz_HoKtc7JXc', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.28
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] stream_master_n9HYXx8RhD56f2z7vMEdQQ: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to https://cdn.vidyard.com/hls-videos/uOnFGlfrMECrVyZW-IC3vQ/stream_master_n9HYXx8RhD56f2z7vMEdQQ.m3u8?bkzlhYmEJ9O_HhZrvISndjxgx4ZmhNQOMiv8iFzv5oVE0h7mwHFI7l8v6z6vnal7d7YKB0isXG2grsxLMi_1O8dWbktYQyYdKBbQJQkwKVGWr6NbZQhQGMrT6vJdFV6ZkxB4vo3gljaQhuyACEAnwxhHUeKhbQp2bRorJGJZcdq3CCcJzO6yPdpKVz_HoKtc7JXc: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[generic] stream_master_n9HYXx8RhD56f2z7vMEdQQ: 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.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwy0zjfmc\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwy0zjfmc\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2237, in urlopen     File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

Description

I try to get videos from https://www.jazzguitarlessons.net/blog/all-the-things-you-are
I fund video link as: https://cdn.vidyard.com/hls-videos/uOnFGlfrMECrVyZW-IC3vQ/stream_master_n9HYXx8RhD56f2z7vMEdQQ.m3u8?bkzlhYmEJ9O_HhZrvISndjxgx4ZmhNQOMiv8iFzv5oVE0h7mwHFI7l8v6z6vnal7d7YKB0isXG2grsxLMi_1O8dWbktYQyYdKBbQJQkwKVGWr6NbZQhQGMrT6vJdFV6ZkxB4vo3gljaQhuyACEAnwxhHUeKhbQp2bRorJGJZcdq3CCcJzO6yPdpKVz_HoKtc7JXc and try to download it using youtube-dl.exe and have got HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[remitamine]

duplicate of #11338.
for now, you can download by adding the referer header:
youtube-dl --add-header 'Referer: https://play.vidyard.com/ [HLS_URL]

[xiaose]

duplicate of #11338.
for now, you can download by adding the referer header:
youtube-dl --add-header 'Referer: https://play.vidyard.com/ [HLS_URL]

Thank you, @remitamine Now it works! )))

[salmanwaheed]

duplicate of #11338.
for now, you can download by adding the referer header:
youtube-dl --add-header 'Referer: https://play.vidyard.com/ [HLS_URL]

worked for me, Thanks @remitamine

[goniluka]

Hi can you help me what [HLS_URL] can i put there for this link
youtube-dl --add-header 'Referer: https://play.vidyard.com/ [https://cdn.vidyard.com/hls-videos/Xee6RMgC-QtFNtiEMpmEUg/full_hd_segmented/full_hd_segmented_V0dtqy4pTRMvStN0dbvA7w.m3u8]
can you help me i am a beginner. Thank you

[sabuncu]

@goniluka Please see the first answer in the following page:
https://www.quora.com/Tutorials-How-can-I-download-PluralSight-training-videos
Add to the youtube-dl.conf file:
--add-header 'Referer: https://play.vidyard.com/'
The HLS refers to the URL being downloaded.
You should specify your own URL(s) in the batch-file you construct.
Run youtube-dl from the command line.

[sabuncu]

@remitamine Thank you, worked for me.