Cannot download a private youtube video

[rpasing]

Hi,

trying to download a private youtube video (you have to login to could watch it) results in this:

XXX@XXX ~ $ youtube-dl --username XXX --password XXX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CpR4o81XQc                                                      
[youtube] Downloading login page
[youtube] Logging in
[youtube] _CpR4o81XQc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] _CpR4o81XQc: Extracting video information
[youtube] _CpR4o81XQc: Downloading DASH manifest
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2015.2.11', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 388, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 378, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1387, in download
    res = self.extract_info(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 644, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 690, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1058, in process_video_result
    format['http_headers'] = self._calc_headers(full_format_info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 947, in _calc_headers
    cookies = self._calc_cookies(info_dict)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 976, in _calc_cookies
    self.cookiejar.add_cookie_header(pr)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/cookiejar.py", line 1327, in add_cookie_header
    cookies = self._cookies_for_request(request)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/cookiejar.py", line 1253, in _cookies_for_request
    cookies.extend(self._cookies_for_domain(domain, request))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/cookiejar.py", line 1242, in _cookies_for_domain
    if not self._policy.return_ok(cookie, request):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/cookiejar.py", line 1077, in return_ok
    if not fn(cookie, request):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/cookiejar.py", line 1103, in return_ok_secure
    if cookie.secure and request.type != "https":
AttributeError: '_PseudoRequest' object has no attribute 'type'

[jaimeMF]

Thanks for the report, it will be fixed in the next version.

For future reports, please post the output you get when adding the --verbose option (see this instructions), it contains useful information.

[phihag]

Fixed in youtube-dl 2015.02.19.3. See our FAQ if you need help updating.