HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

[iraj-jelo]

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Subject of the issue

on version 0.1.11

running edx-dl -u [email protected] https://... gives an error like:

Logging into Open edX site: https://courses.edx.org/login_ajax
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/edx-dl", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/edx_dl/edx_dl.py", line 1003, in main
    resp = edx_login(LOGIN_API, headers, args.username, args.password)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/edx_dl/edx_dl.py", line 224, in edx_login
    response = urlopen(request)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 223, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 532, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 642, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 570, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 650, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

what's wrong with that?

Your environment

• Operating System (name/version): Ubuntu 18:04
• Python version: 3.6
• youtube-dl version: 2019.11.05
• edx-dl version: 0.1.11

Expected behaviour

I should be able download the course

Actual behaviour

I got a HTTP error

[iraj-jelo]

this line https://github.com/coursera-dl/edx-dl/blob/32a21912a2b8e7e44b287741cfceb56beae9d721/edx_dl/edx_dl.py#L100

and this line https://github.com/coursera-dl/edx-dl/blob/32a21912a2b8e7e44b287741cfceb56beae9d721/edx_dl/edx_dl.py#L122

should be replaced with:

LOGIN_API = BASE_URL + '/user_api/v1/account/login_session'

[iraj-jelo]

I still get below error though

Wrong Email or Password.

[ievgent]

@iraj-jelo this works for me, check it out.

[iraj-jelo]

I changed it to your version, but I'm still getting the same error urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

[joeyvanlierop]

I ran into the same issue and found that it can be caused by:

• Wrong username/password
• edX temporarily locking your account due to failing too many log-in attempts

If your account gets locked, try waiting a few hours and resetting your password before trying again.

[TjWallas]

@ievgent and @joeyvanlierop 's tips combined fixed my issue. Please integrate this commit into the new release :)

[anniechakraborty]

I ran into the same issue and found that it can be caused by:

• Wrong username/password
• edX temporarily locking your account due to failing too many log-in attempts

If your account gets locked, try waiting a few hours and resetting your password before trying again.

I reset my password but the issue persists