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[Question] How to bypass HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'
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Question
I want to know how to bypass HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'
error message. This issue frequently appears. To solve it I restart my router whenever it occurs (for renewing the public IP).
Is there any workaround to bypass it without needing to restart my router or waiting google for ending the restriction?
Log
$ youtube-dlc --newline -i --force-ipv4 --age-limit 30 -R 99 --hls-prefer-native -o "/home/laptop/Downloads/youtube-dl/downloads/Documentary/Nat Geo Abu Dhabi/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -f mp4 --merge-output-format mp4 --write-sub --verbose --continue https://www.youtube.com/user/natgeoabudhabime/videos
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--newline', '-i', '--force-ipv4', '--age-limit', '30', '-R', '99', '--hls-prefer-native', '-o', '/home/laptop/Downloads/youtube-dl/downloads/Documentary/Nat Geo Abu Dhabi/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-f', 'mp4', '--merge-output-format', 'mp4', '--write-sub', '--verbose', '--continue', 'https://www.youtube.com/user/natgeoabudhabime/videos']
[debug] Loading archive file None
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dlc version 2020.10.09
[debug] Python version 3.8.5 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.0-51-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:user] natgeoabudhabime: Downloading channel page
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Uploads from Nat Geo Abu Dhabi
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #1
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #2
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #3
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #4
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #5
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #6
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #7
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #8
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #9
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #10
[youtube:playlist] UULiTe0aOHShx7hXGyqZ9UIw: Downloading page #11
[youtube:playlist] playlist Uploads from Nat Geo Abu Dhabi: Downloading 1119 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 1119
[youtube] R9K9NC2MpDs: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dlc with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/home/laptop/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/extractor/common.py", line 632, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/home/laptop/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/YoutubeDL.py", line 2308, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 640, in http_response
response = self.parent.error(
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
[download] Downloading video 2 of 1119
[youtube] d4lwAIglTrE: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by <HTTPError 429: 'Too Many Requests'>); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dlc with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/home/laptop/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/extractor/common.py", line 632, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/home/laptop/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/youtube_dlc/YoutubeDL.py", line 2308, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 640, in http_response
response = self.parent.error(
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
^C
ERROR: Interrupted by user
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