HTTP Error 429

[burningmonk]

Im getting this error today and yesterday from my mp3 downloading website. Does anyone else encountered this problem?

youtube-dl http://youtube.com/watch?v=dTaD9cd8hvw --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://youtube.com/watch?v=dTaD9cd8hvw', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.12.17.2
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-23-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-12.04-precise
[debug] exe versions: avconv 0.8.10-4, avprobe 0.8.10-4, ffmpeg 0.8.10-4, ffprobe 0.8.10-4, rtmpd ump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] dTaD9cd8hvw: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); ple ase 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 co mplete output.
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 276, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1370, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 406, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 519, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 444, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 378, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 527, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

Thanks

[jaimeMF]

You have probably downloaded too much videos, can you play the video in a browser from the same computer?

[burningmonk]

captcha validation requires. website traffic didnt rised up nowadays. its the same as before. After I validated captcha, a moment later it asks again. Maybe youtube took down that captcha request threshold.

[Elite]

I am also facing this issue on my website, I guess Youtube is trying hard to block websites now.

[iggyvolz]

What machine are you validating the captcha from? If you're doing it from
your local machine it won't have any effect - but if you're using a proxy
through your website machine it should work once you solve the captcha.

[burningmonk]

Hi @iggyvolz
Now I installed proxy server on my website machine and from my local computer I browse youtube from that proxy server and validate captcha. But still I get the same error

[bubbleguuum]

Same error here, on a headless server. It seems Google is on a mission to block tools like youtube-dl.

Btw, why is this issue marked closed ?

[burningmonk]

I actually wanted to know anyone else has that issue and thought youtube-dl team cannot do anything about this so I closed. @jaimeMF

[sisihagen]

Same here, no matter which video try download, playlist, all videos, ever same error.

youtube-dl -tif 43 --verbose https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGS956shcnUGt3ocVURB3hg/videos
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-tif', '43', '--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGS956shcnUGt3ocVURB3hg/videos']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.02.1-gentoo_no_offensive_sites
[debug] Python version 2.7.9
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:channel] UCGS956shcnUGt3ocVURB3hg: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 231, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1286, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(_args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(_args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

Regards

[iggyvolz]

Make sure you solve the captcha through the same connection you use with youtube-dl. If you use a proxy with youtube-dl, use the same proxy to solve the captcha. If you don't use a proxy with youtube-dl, don't use a proxy to solve the captcha.

[gboddin]

wget on ipv6 is failing as well (429)

This is from a dedicated server, so I'm assuming they're blocking high-bandwidth connections.

So be carefull if you have a mix of ipv6 and ipv4, if you solve the captcha on IPv4 and connect with IPv6 it won't work ;)