[HGTV] HTTP Error 403: Forbidden even with cookies

[a-nunes]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support issue
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.01.15
• 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 bug reports including closed ones
• I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

youtube-dl --cookies cookies.txt --no-check-certificate --verbose https://watch.hgtv.com/tv-shows/flip-or-flop/full-episodes/fantastic-flip
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--cookies', 'cookies.txt', '--no-check-certificate', '--verbose', 'https://watch.hgtv.com/tv-shows/flip-or-flop/full-episodes/fantastic-flip']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.01.15
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2020-01-15-0dc0837, ffprobe git-2020-01-15-0dc0837
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Discovery] fantastic-flip: Downloading token JSON metadata
[Discovery] fantastic-flip: Downloading content JSON metadata
[Discovery] fantastic-flip: Downloading streaming JSON metadata
ERROR: This video is only available via cable service provider subscription that is not currently supported. You may want to use --cookies.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\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
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\discovery.py", line 104, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 892, in _download_json
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 870, in _download_json_handle
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 660, in _download_webpage_handle
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 645, in _request_webpage
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\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
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\discovery.py", line 104, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 892, in _download_json
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 870, in _download_json_handle
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 660, in _download_webpage_handle
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 645, in _request_webpage
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 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.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp43n_zyg3\build\youtube_dl\extractor\discovery.py", line 114, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: This video is only available via cable service provider subscription that is not currently supported. You may want to use --cookies.

Description

I started downloading a batch file of this show at HGTV.com, after 4 episodes, it started to return this error. So I tried to use a single link with cookies, as it suggests, but it still doesn't work, returning me the exactly same error. I've read in other closed issues that --no-check-certificate might be useful, but it didn't work too. It seems not to be using the cookies file properly.

[remitamine]

the cookies file you're using does not contain the cookies needed by the extractor.