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tying to login to Youtube so I can download my "Watch later playlist" #20027

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opened 2026-02-21 09:34:29 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 09:34:29 -05:00

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Originally created by @stephane-archer on GitHub (Apr 15, 2020).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
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 issues including closed ones

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL']
Type account password and press [Return]:
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2, ffprobe 4.2.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:watchlater] Downloading login page
[youtube:watchlater] Looking up account info
[youtube:watchlater] Logging in
WARNING: Unable to log in: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
[youtube:watchlater] WL: Downloading webpage
ERROR: This playlist does not exist.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 3185, in _real_extract
    _, playlist = self._extract_playlist('WL')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 2685, in _extract_playlist
    raise ExtractorError(message, expected=True)
ExtractorError: This playlist does not exist.

Description

When I run the following command:
youtube-dl -v --username "<myid>" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL"
the login fail with the following message
WARNING: Unable to log in: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

Originally created by @stephane-archer on GitHub (Apr 15, 2020).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [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 issues including closed ones ## Verbose log  ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL'] Type account password and press [Return]: [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.24 [debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.2, ffprobe 4.2.2, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:watchlater] Downloading login page [youtube:watchlater] Looking up account info [youtube:watchlater] Logging in WARNING: Unable to log in: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request [youtube:watchlater] WL: Downloading webpage ERROR: This playlist does not exist. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 3185, in _real_extract _, playlist = self._extract_playlist('WL') File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 2685, in _extract_playlist raise ExtractorError(message, expected=True) ExtractorError: This playlist does not exist. ``` ## Description  When I run the following command: ```youtube-dl -v --username "<myid>" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL"``` the login fail with the following message ```WARNING: Unable to log in: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request```

deekerman

2026-02-21 09:34:29 -05:00

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deekerman commented

2026-02-21 09:34:35 -05:00

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@stephane-archer commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2020):

I didn't see any new ticket about this issue @dstftw

@stephane-archer commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2020): I didn't see any new ticket about this issue @dstftw

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 09:34:35 -05:00

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@hrxn commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2020):

Yeah, this is becoming a bit of a mess.

AFAIK, this is still not working properly, i.e. you can't login to your Google/YT account with youtube-dl at the moment.
@dstftw correct me if I am wrong here.

Edit:
Reason: A safety mechanism on Google's side, they try to detect anything that is not a proper user agent, i.e. a modern browser.

This has been going for a while now. (Although, there is an option in the Google account settings: "Allow access to less-secure apps", maybe this works if you allow it temporarily).

If you want to access certain playlists on YouTube (or restricted videos, age-gated etc. pp.) you need to sign into YT in a browser, then simply use one of the good extensions to export your cookies, and finally use the resulting cookies.txt file with the --cookies switch from youtube-dl.

@hrxn commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2020): Yeah, this is becoming a bit of a mess. AFAIK, this is still not working properly, i.e. you can't login to your Google/YT account with youtube-dl at the moment. @dstftw correct me if I am wrong here. *Edit:* Reason: A safety mechanism on Google's side, they try to detect anything that is not a proper user agent, i.e. a modern browser. This has been going for a while now. (Although, there is an option in the Google account settings: "Allow access to less-secure apps", maybe this works if you allow it temporarily). If you want to access certain playlists on YouTube (or restricted videos, age-gated etc. pp.) you need to sign into YT in a browser, then simply use one of the good extensions to export your cookies, and finally use the resulting cookies.txt file with the `--cookies` switch from youtube-dl.

deekerman referenced this issue

2026-02-21 10:26:54 -05:00

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