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infoq broken: videoURL is invalid #21065

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opened 2026-02-21 10:12:54 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 10:12:54 -05:00

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Originally created by @ongardie on GitHub (Jul 12, 2020).

Checklist

I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1
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

In addition to testing with 2020.06.16.1, I've verified the same behavior using the latest commit on the master branch (718393c).

Verbose log

$ youtube-dl -v 'http://www.infoq.com/presentations/A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things'       
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.infoq.com/presentations/A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1
[debug] Python version 3.7.3 (CPython) - Linux-4.19.0-9-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-10.4
[debug] exe versions: avconv 4.1.6-1, avprobe 4.1.6-1, ffmpeg 4.1.6-1, ffprobe 4.1.6-1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[InfoQ] A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things: Downloading webpage
[InfoQ] A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things: Checking video URL
[InfoQ] A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things: video URL is invalid, skipping
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://videoh.infoq.com/presentations/12-jan-pythonthings.mp4?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOiBbeyJSZXNvdXJjZSI6IioiLCJDb25kaXRpb24iOnsiRGF0ZUxlc3NUaGFuIjp7IkFXUzpFcG9jaFRpbWUiOjE1OTQ1OTE1ODJ9LCJJcEFkZHJlc3MiOnsiQVdTOlNvdXJjZUlwIjoiMC4wLjAuMC8wIn19fV19&Signature=JmOgm~vupatnQqO2P81XRAHsjtN82OGNKMebzpitd3NMYCEln9XssOqCyHTt4K-tIvpIe5l5CqSdizX91YBxCurxQMXlI6Hlfm7zpfS5YIMB800Q7blKxX9GBKjI0rEK40teY~Dc7uhTEvfZPdYjUXGyjyDFH4iHEUwzKldUbzE_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIMZVI7QH4C5YKH6Q'
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1926, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 341, in real_download
    establish_connection()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 109, in establish_connection
    ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2238, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 641, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

Description

Seems like support for InfoQ is currently broken. I took that URL from the InfoQ tests (BTW, where do these run?). I see the same behavior with https and with a different video. Thanks for your help!

Originally created by @ongardie on GitHub (Jul 12, 2020). ## Checklist - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2020.06.16.1** - [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 In addition to testing with 2020.06.16.1, I've verified the same behavior using the latest commit on the master branch (718393c). ## Verbose log ``` $ youtube-dl -v 'http://www.infoq.com/presentations/A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things' [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'http://www.infoq.com/presentations/A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2020.06.16.1 [debug] Python version 3.7.3 (CPython) - Linux-4.19.0-9-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-10.4 [debug] exe versions: avconv 4.1.6-1, avprobe 4.1.6-1, ffmpeg 4.1.6-1, ffprobe 4.1.6-1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [InfoQ] A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things: Downloading webpage [InfoQ] A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things: Checking video URL [InfoQ] A-Few-of-My-Favorite-Python-Things: video URL is invalid, skipping [debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://videoh.infoq.com/presentations/12-jan-pythonthings.mp4?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOiBbeyJSZXNvdXJjZSI6IioiLCJDb25kaXRpb24iOnsiRGF0ZUxlc3NUaGFuIjp7IkFXUzpFcG9jaFRpbWUiOjE1OTQ1OTE1ODJ9LCJJcEFkZHJlc3MiOnsiQVdTOlNvdXJjZUlwIjoiMC4wLjAuMC8wIn19fV19&Signature=JmOgm~vupatnQqO2P81XRAHsjtN82OGNKMebzpitd3NMYCEln9XssOqCyHTt4K-tIvpIe5l5CqSdizX91YBxCurxQMXlI6Hlfm7zpfS5YIMB800Q7blKxX9GBKjI0rEK40teY~Dc7uhTEvfZPdYjUXGyjyDFH4iHEUwzKldUbzE_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIMZVI7QH4C5YKH6Q' ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1926, in process_info success = dl(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1865, in dl return fd.download(name, info) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 366, in download return self.real_download(filename, info_dict) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 341, in real_download establish_connection() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 109, in establish_connection ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2238, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 641, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 503, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp) urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden ``` ## Description Seems like support for InfoQ is currently broken. I took that URL from the InfoQ tests (BTW, where do these run?). I see the same behavior with https and with a different video. Thanks for your help!

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 10:12:55 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 10:12:57 -05:00

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@meoyawn commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2020):

InfoQ's CloudFront now needs Referer and Cookie to be set correctly to access video streams

And AFAIU it's setting it's Cookie with a fair bit of JS

@meoyawn commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2020): InfoQ's CloudFront now needs `Referer` and `Cookie` to be set correctly to access video streams And AFAIU it's setting it's `Cookie` with a fair bit of JS

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 10:12:57 -05:00

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@ongardie commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2021):

I'm a little late here, but thanks for investigating and fixing this @meoyawn and @remitamine!

@ongardie commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2021): I'm a little late here, but thanks for investigating and fixing this @meoyawn and @remitamine!

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