get-url option not working #218

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opened 2026-02-20 22:28:42 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:28:42 -05:00

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Originally created by @cinpol on GitHub (Mar 4, 2012).

Option --get-url seems not to be working.

Example:
$ ./youtube-dl --get-url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX36Vy5qfPU
http://v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cexpire&fexp=912209%2C909708%2C906503%2C910210&itag=22&ip=0.0.0.0&signature=965D1B8CC9A85EB9CAE01E594528CB881DA2C743.872EF0902BCDE2797505AB509899BB00158421F4&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&expire=1330933493&key=yt1&ipbits=0&cp=U0hSRVlOUV9OTUNOMl9RSFVFOmJ3S3hBcmNDMEFM&id=397dfa572e6a7cf5

When I try to open the link:
$ wget --spider "http://v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cexpire&fexp=912209%2C909708%2C906503%2C910210&itag=22&ip=0.0.0.0&signature=965D1B8CC9A85EB9CAE01E594528CB881DA2C743.872EF0902BCDE2797505AB509899BB00158421F4&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&expire=1330933493&key=yt1&ipbits=0&cp=U0hSRVlOUV9OTUNOMl9RSFVFOmJ3S3hBcmNDMEFM&id=397dfa572e6a7cf5"
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2012-03-05 02:49:36-- http://v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cexpire&fexp=912209%2C909708%2C906503%2C910210&itag=22&ip=0.0.0.0&signature=965D1B8CC9A85EB9CAE01E594528CB881DA2C743.872EF0902BCDE2797505AB509899BB00158421F4&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&expire=1330933493&key=yt1&ipbits=0&cp=U0hSRVlOUV9OTUNOMl9RSFVFOmJ3S3hBcmNDMEFM&id=397dfa572e6a7cf5
Resolving v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com... 188.93.174.12, 2a00:1450:4001:1a::10
Connecting to v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com|188.93.174.12|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
Remote file does not exist -- broken link!!!

Originally created by @cinpol on GitHub (Mar 4, 2012). Option --get-url seems not to be working. Example: $ ./youtube-dl --get-url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX36Vy5qfPU http://v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cexpire&fexp=912209%2C909708%2C906503%2C910210&itag=22&ip=0.0.0.0&signature=965D1B8CC9A85EB9CAE01E594528CB881DA2C743.872EF0902BCDE2797505AB509899BB00158421F4&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&expire=1330933493&key=yt1&ipbits=0&cp=U0hSRVlOUV9OTUNOMl9RSFVFOmJ3S3hBcmNDMEFM&id=397dfa572e6a7cf5 When I try to open the link: $ wget --spider "http://v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cexpire&fexp=912209%2C909708%2C906503%2C910210&itag=22&ip=0.0.0.0&signature=965D1B8CC9A85EB9CAE01E594528CB881DA2C743.872EF0902BCDE2797505AB509899BB00158421F4&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&expire=1330933493&key=yt1&ipbits=0&cp=U0hSRVlOUV9OTUNOMl9RSFVFOmJ3S3hBcmNDMEFM&id=397dfa572e6a7cf5" Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists. --2012-03-05 02:49:36-- http://v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cexpire&fexp=912209%2C909708%2C906503%2C910210&itag=22&ip=0.0.0.0&signature=965D1B8CC9A85EB9CAE01E594528CB881DA2C743.872EF0902BCDE2797505AB509899BB00158421F4&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&expire=1330933493&key=yt1&ipbits=0&cp=U0hSRVlOUV9OTUNOMl9RSFVFOmJ3S3hBcmNDMEFM&id=397dfa572e6a7cf5 Resolving v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com... 188.93.174.12, 2a00:1450:4001:1a::10 Connecting to v13.lscache3.c.youtube.com|188.93.174.12|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden Remote file does not exist -- broken link!!!

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-20 22:28:45 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 22:28:49 -05:00

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@phihag commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2012):

As you can see from the error message 403 Forbidden, the link is correct, and the file does exist, but you are not allowed to download it.

That is because youtube expects the request to come from the same IP that executed youtube-dl, and come with the same cookies. Use the --cookies option to write the cookies into a cookie jar file, and use wget's --load-cookies option to load the cookies from that file.

@phihag commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2012): As you can see from the error message `403 Forbidden`, the link is correct, and the file does exist, but you are not allowed to download it. That is because youtube expects the request to come from the same IP that executed youtube-dl, **and** come with the same cookies. Use the `--cookies` option to write the cookies into a cookie jar file, and use wget's `--load-cookies` option to load the cookies from that file.

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