A youtube video failed with error 429 #19822

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opened 2026-02-21 09:28:50 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 09:28:50 -05:00

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Originally created by @gillesMioni on GitHub (Mar 31, 2020).

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[ x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
[x ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[x ] 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
[x ] I've read bugs section in FAQ

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://youtu.be/QqU8lUuM-14']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-bullseye-sid
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2, ffprobe 4.2.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] QqU8lUuM-14: 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 . 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 complete output.
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 627, in request_webpage
return self.
downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/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)

Description

This command failed youtube-dl -v https://youtu.be/QqU8lUuM-14
in that technical context :
Linux chaos 5.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1 (2020-02-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Originally created by @gillesMioni on GitHub (Mar 31, 2020). Checklist - [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [x ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2020.03.24** - [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: [u'-v', u'https://youtu.be/QqU8lUuM-14'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24 [debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-4-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-bullseye-sid [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2, ffprobe 4.2.2 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] QqU8lUuM-14: 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 . 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 complete output. File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage return self._ downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/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) ## Description This command failed youtube-dl -v https://youtu.be/QqU8lUuM-14 in that technical context : Linux chaos 5.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1 (2020-02-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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