Youtube HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[axet]

Youtube failed with HTTP 403 error

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKyfohLjAt8

• I'm reporting a broken site support issue
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
• 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

axet@axet-laptop:~/Music$ youtube-dl -v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKyfohLjAt8
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKyfohLjAt8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-0.bpo.4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-10.3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.4-1, ffprobe 4.1.4-1, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] nKyfohLjAt8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] {18} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {137} signature length 100, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {248} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {136} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {247} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {135} signature length 100, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {244} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {397} signature length 100, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {134} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {243} signature length 100, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {396} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {133} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {242} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {395} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {160} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {278} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {394} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {140} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {249} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {250} signature length 104, html5 player vflset
[youtube] {251} signature length 100, html5 player vflset
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r13---sn-axq7sn7z.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1588044353&ei=4U2nXoqMIoajyQXQuqO4Bw&ip=2001%3A470%3A28%3A6ed%3A%3Acc3&id=o-AJ6T1zVFxSr1nC2a8-1Q664xm621OyiEuYRRsSiMVaQz&itag=137&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C136%2C137%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C247%2C248%2C278%2C394%2C395%2C396%2C397&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=_p&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-axq7sn7z%2Csn-3c27sn7r&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=12&nh=IgpwcjAxLmxlZDAzKgkxMjcuMC4wLjE%2CIgpwcjAyLmticDAzKgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&pl=48&initcwndbps=1722500&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=915090984&dur=2618.880&lmt=1557070573241137&mt=1588022675&fvip=13&keepalive=yes&beids=9466588&c=WEB&txp=5535432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Caitags%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=ALrAebAwRQIhAOydYPLw0kTPdDtYTDYJAYwtk4zPH8m70bW_FVjqMXnwAiBUnMerd2Y3M_Wg9PlPsdLQaHyCr1MWbRc51YvIUCViIw%3D%3D&sig=aJpPlLswjAIgHRZ0uRZ9gcABlvnw_xJ3A9Awxt0_Pf_IwWyfKDifdnMCIEHjVqvcOERNP5QclOiNvcqIktNiLyyVhC0rTK1Jg4AN&ratebypass=yes'
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/axet/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1920, in process_info
    partial_success = dl(fname, new_info)
  File "/home/axet/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/home/axet/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/home/axet/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 341, in real_download
    establish_connection()
  File "/home/axet/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 109, in establish_connection
    ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/home/axet/bin/youtube-dl/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)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[VADemon]

Same with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvl44Sd1vo which also happens to be a verified artist channel. Looks like they have a youtube-dl specific detection in place now. (Spoofing proper UA+giving cookies)

[triplesixman]

try youtube-dl --rm-cache-dir

[VADemon]

Works, thanks @titirino159. I overlooked this because it only triggered on that specific video+channel (everything else was downloading fine from my subs feed)

[ldexterldesign]

👉 #23638