ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden #24080

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opened 2026-02-21 13:09:09 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 13:09:09 -05:00

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Originally created by @ar1ja on GitHub (Jul 6, 2021).

Checklist

I'm reporting a bug
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
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

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '[INSERT MY YOUTUBE PLAYLIST URL HERE (no, this is nor litaral, i just replaced this)]',
'--yes-playlist', '--extract-audio', '--audio-format', 'mp3']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.9.5 (CPython) - Linux-5.12.14-arch1-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.33
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4, ffprobe 4.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:tab] PL7UuKajElTaChff3BkcJE6620lSuSUaDC: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Music
[youtube:tab] playlist Music: Downloading 30 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 30
[youtube] Zdt4UwbbQnc: Downloading webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-uxv-3awl.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1625613704&ei=J5HkYIW9PNOD0u8P-pihuAE&ip=[INSERT MY IP HERE]&id=o-ABt-M1euqK_Ss_xUUli_Pf-XU2YRb9wMAnauzwgGqV_K&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=0e&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-uxv-3awl%2Csn-f5f7lne7&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=2&pl=22&initcwndbps=1535000&vprv=1&mime=audio%2Fwebm&ns=i9i3CNMH6DjJODW0fYPfcogG&gir=yes&clen=1896933&dur=110.861&lmt=1577488598764383&mt=1625591809&fvip=2&keepalive=yes&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=WEB&txp=5431432&n=JFIQo-ALsgkUQt&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cns%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIgTcgICd4duWgxj7ClLxZxVycFpN_6CVJVLXntOD9ADCoCIQCGCiYFS7u6fyGDyYUNy3LEQSeyMmIJvmYkN5vhaidwHg%3D%3D&sig=AOq0QJ8wRQIgbfq77Tg4FhDs6uFpabgf3wGnpbqznw9rMvx7AnR8kxgCIQDegNoGpO4t5LQCcRCE5i5y3q2tdfDu6z1cYW-txl1vPA=='

Description

I was trying to download my playlist, but i get an error

ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1976, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1915, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 351, in real_download
    establish_connection()
  File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 116, in establish_connection
    raise err
  File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 110, in establish_connection
    ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 523, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 632, in http_response
    response = self.parent.error(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 561, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 494, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 641, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

Originally created by @ar1ja on GitHub (Jul 6, 2021).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a bug - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.06.06** - [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones - [x] I've read bugs section in FAQ ## Verbose log  ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '[INSERT MY YOUTUBE PLAYLIST URL HERE (no, this is nor litaral, i just replaced this)]', '--yes-playlist', '--extract-audio', '--audio-format', 'mp3'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06 [debug] Python version 3.9.5 (CPython) - Linux-5.12.14-arch1-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.33 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4, ffprobe 4.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:tab] PL7UuKajElTaChff3BkcJE6620lSuSUaDC: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Music [youtube:tab] playlist Music: Downloading 30 videos [download] Downloading video 1 of 30 [youtube] Zdt4UwbbQnc: Downloading webpage [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-uxv-3awl.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1625613704&ei=J5HkYIW9PNOD0u8P-pihuAE&ip=[INSERT MY IP HERE]&id=o-ABt-M1euqK_Ss_xUUli_Pf-XU2YRb9wMAnauzwgGqV_K&itag=251&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=0e&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-uxv-3awl%2Csn-f5f7lne7&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=2&pl=22&initcwndbps=1535000&vprv=1&mime=audio%2Fwebm&ns=i9i3CNMH6DjJODW0fYPfcogG&gir=yes&clen=1896933&dur=110.861&lmt=1577488598764383&mt=1625591809&fvip=2&keepalive=yes&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=WEB&txp=5431432&n=JFIQo-ALsgkUQt&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cns%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIgTcgICd4duWgxj7ClLxZxVycFpN_6CVJVLXntOD9ADCoCIQCGCiYFS7u6fyGDyYUNy3LEQSeyMmIJvmYkN5vhaidwHg%3D%3D&sig=AOq0QJ8wRQIgbfq77Tg4FhDs6uFpabgf3wGnpbqznw9rMvx7AnR8kxgCIQDegNoGpO4t5LQCcRCE5i5y3q2tdfDu6z1cYW-txl1vPA==' ``` ## Description  I was trying to download my playlist, but i get an error ``` ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1976, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1915, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 351, in real_download establish_connection() File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 116, in establish_connection raise err File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 110, in establish_connection ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request) File "/home/ari/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 523, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 632, in http_response response = self.parent.error( File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 561, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 494, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 641, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp) urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden ```

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