HTTP403 error when downloading from 8tracks #3519

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opened 2026-02-20 23:25:07 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:25:07 -05:00

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Originally created by @killer923 on GitHub (Nov 24, 2014).

When downloading long list HTTP403 is returned for urls causing downloading to stop

||||||||||||||||||:~/|||||||||||||||||$ youtube-dl --verbose  http://8tracks.com/punkrocks/loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://8tracks.com/punkrocks/loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.23.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-39-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.16-6, avprobe 9.16-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading webpage
[8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 1/36
[8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 2/36
[8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 3/36
[8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 4/36
[8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 5/36
ERROR: Failed to download song information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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 273, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1319, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

8tracks may be returning it because of it's policy, having some timegap in between may help.

Originally created by @killer923 on GitHub (Nov 24, 2014). When downloading long list HTTP403 is returned for urls causing downloading to stop ``` shell ||||||||||||||||||:~/|||||||||||||||||$ youtube-dl --verbose http://8tracks.com/punkrocks/loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://8tracks.com/punkrocks/loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2014.11.23.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-39-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty [debug] exe versions: avconv 9.16-6, avprobe 9.16-6, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading webpage [8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 1/36 [8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 2/36 [8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 3/36 [8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 4/36 [8tracks] loner-in-a-catastrophic-mind: Downloading song information 5/36 ERROR: Failed to download song information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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 273, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1319, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 410, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 523, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 448, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) ``` 8tracks may be returning it because of it's policy, having some timegap in between may help.

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2026-02-20 23:25:10 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 23:25:11 -05:00

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 24, 2014):

Duplicate of #2310

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Nov 24, 2014): Duplicate of #2310

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