WARNING: Unable to look up account info: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

[igornoliveira]

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Question

I'm trying to download a private video from Youtube that I have access to. I can't

command: youtube-dl --username [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxxx

[igornoliveira]

I don't have. But I can share the video with you.

Let me know your email to send the invite.

Is the command correct?

[igornoliveira]

I shared with you a private video. Please try to download this video.

[igornoliveira]

Thanks for trying to help me.

I posted the video on youtube and shared it with you. Try posting a private video on Youtube and download it.

[helmanfrow]

Hi, I'm having a similar problem:

D:\Documents\Songs From YouTube>youtube-dl --username notmyactualusername --password n0tmy4ctua7p455w0rd --batch-file "D:\Documents\Songs From YouTube\Song List.txt" -x --audio-format wav -o "D:\Documents\Songs From YouTube\%(title)s - %(artist)s - %(track)s.%(ext)s"
[youtube] Downloading login page
[youtube] Looking up account info
WARNING: Unable to look up account info: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading webpage

I added the --username and --password switches when a batch job failed due to an age restriction error. I have downloaded the songs another way but I'd be curious to know what I'm doing wrong with the authentication.

Running the latest version of youtube_dl from PIP.

[dirkf]

Try passing a file containing cookies extracted from a logged-in browser session where you can play the video using --cookies ... (see FAQ) instead of --username/--password.

If this fails, try setting the UA to match the browser from which the cookies were extracted, using --user-agent ....

--username/--password is always fragile. Sites are prone to change their login page structure frequently and may also adopt login code to which we can't easily respond (eg, requiring a CAPTCHA to be solved). I don't think the YT extractor's login is working at present; it's far from the only case.

[Vangelis66]

a batch job failed due to an age restriction error.

For age-restricted YT videos, you have two additional options (to supplying "YT-account" cookies discussed above):

1. Use the yt-dlp fork:

yt-dlp -F "eBShN8qT4lk" => 

[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading android player API JSON
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading tv embedded player API JSON
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading web embedded client config
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading player abfb84fe
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading web embedded player API JSON
[info] Available formats for eBShN8qT4lk:
ID  EXT   RESOLUTION FPS CH |  FILESIZE   TBR PROTO | VCODEC          VBR ACODEC      ABR ASR MORE INFO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sb2 mhtml 48x27        0    |                 mhtml | images              storyboard
sb1 mhtml 80x45        1    |                 mhtml | images              storyboard
sb0 mhtml 160x90       1    |                 mhtml | images              storyboard
249 webm  audio only      2 |   1.36MiB   47k https | audio only          opus         47k 48k low, webm_dash
250 webm  audio only      2 |   1.80MiB   63k https | audio only          opus         63k 48k low, webm_dash
140 m4a   audio only      2 |   3.71MiB  129k https | audio only          mp4a.40.2   129k 44k medium, m4a_dash
251 webm  audio only      2 |   3.61MiB  126k https | audio only          opus        126k 48k medium, webm_dash
394 mp4   256x144     24    |   1.96MiB   68k https | av01.0.00M.08   68k video only          144p, mp4_dash
160 mp4   256x144     24    |   2.31MiB   81k https | avc1.4d400c     81k video only          144p, mp4_dash
278 webm  256x144     24    |   2.52MiB   88k https | vp9             88k video only          144p, webm_dash
395 mp4   426x240     24    |   3.91MiB  137k https | av01.0.00M.08  137k video only          240p, mp4_dash
133 mp4   426x240     24    |   4.60MiB  160k https | avc1.4d4015    160k video only          240p, mp4_dash
242 webm  426x240     24    |   4.86MiB  170k https | vp9            170k video only          240p, webm_dash
396 mp4   640x360     24    |   7.73MiB  270k https | av01.0.01M.08  270k video only          360p, mp4_dash
134 mp4   640x360     24    |   8.89MiB  310k https | avc1.4d401e    310k video only          360p, mp4_dash
18  mp4   640x360     24  2 |  16.68MiB  582k https | avc1.42001E    582k mp4a.40.2     0k 44k 360p
243 webm  640x360     24    |   8.32MiB  290k https | vp9            290k video only          360p, webm_dash
397 mp4   854x480     24    |  13.42MiB  469k https | av01.0.04M.08  469k video only          480p, mp4_dash
135 mp4   854x480     24    |  12.66MiB  442k https | avc1.4d401e    442k video only          480p, mp4_dash
244 webm  854x480     24    |  12.82MiB  447k https | vp9            447k video only          480p, webm_dash
398 mp4   1280x720    24    |  24.89MiB  869k https | av01.0.05M.08  869k video only          720p, mp4_dash
136 mp4   1280x720    24    |  18.78MiB  656k https | avc1.4d401f    656k video only          720p, mp4_dash
247 webm  1280x720    24    |  22.91MiB  800k https | vp9            800k video only          720p, webm_dash
399 mp4   1920x1080   24    |  45.05MiB 1572k https | av01.0.08M.08 1572k video only          1080p, mp4_dash
137 mp4   1920x1080   24    |  65.79MiB 2296k https | avc1.640028   2296k video only          1080p, mp4_dash
248 webm  1920x1080   24    |  66.26MiB 2313k https | vp9           2313k video only          1080p, webm_dash

2. If you won't or can't (due to system limitations) use yt-dlp, then PR #31043 aims to mitigate the "problem" in youtube-dl; one has to merge it locally (as the PR is still open (?)), then:

youtube-dl -v -F "eBShN8qT4lk" => 

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-F', 'eBShN8qT4lk']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs mbcs, out cp737, pref cp1253
[debug] youtube-dl version 2022.09.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.1, ffprobe 4.4.1, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4

[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] eBShN8qT4lk: Downloading API JSON
[debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig XHG-EGzQ7SLbgdlxX => R2Q4rMn8tLp4tQ
[debug] [youtube] Decrypted nsig OvTrUvHI11dMLDPIr => D7NvJSHknnNkLw
[info] Available formats for eBShN8qT4lk:
format code  extension  resolution note
249-0        webm       audio only tiny   47k , webm_dash container, opus @47k(48000Hz), 1.36MiB
249-1        webm       audio only tiny   47k , webm_dash container, opus @47k(48000Hz), 1.36MiB
250-0        webm       audio only tiny   62k , webm_dash container, opus @62k(48000Hz), 1.80MiB
250-1        webm       audio only tiny   62k , webm_dash container, opus @62k(48000Hz), 1.80MiB
251-0        webm       audio only tiny  125k , webm_dash container, opus @125k(48000Hz), 3.60MiB
251-1        webm       audio only tiny  125k , webm_dash container, opus @125k(48000Hz), 3.61MiB
140-0        m4a        audio only tiny  129k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@129k (44100Hz), 3.71MiB
140-1        m4a        audio only tiny  129k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@129k (44100Hz), 3.71MiB
394          mp4        256x144    144p   68k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.00M.08@68k, 24fps, video only, 1.96MiB
160          mp4        256x144    144p   80k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d400c@80k, 24fps, video only, 2.31MiB
278          webm       256x144    144p   88k , webm_dash container, vp9@88k, 24fps, video only, 2.52MiB
395          mp4        426x240    240p  136k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.00M.08@136k, 24fps, video only, 3.91MiB
133          mp4        426x240    240p  160k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d4015@160k, 24fps, video only, 4.60MiB
242          webm       426x240    240p  169k , webm_dash container, vp9@169k, 24fps, video only, 4.86MiB
396          mp4        640x360    360p  269k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.01M.08@269k, 24fps, video only, 7.73MiB
243          webm       640x360    360p  290k , webm_dash container, vp9@290k, 24fps, video only, 8.32MiB
134          mp4        640x360    360p  310k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401e@310k, 24fps, video only, 8.89MiB
135          mp4        854x480    480p  442k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401e@442k, 24fps, video only, 12.66MiB
244          webm       854x480    480p  447k , webm_dash container, vp9@447k, 24fps, video only, 12.82MiB
397          mp4        854x480    480p  468k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.04M.08@468k, 24fps, video only, 13.42MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   720p  655k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401f@655k, 24fps, video only, 18.78MiB
247          webm       1280x720   720p  799k , webm_dash container, vp9@799k, 24fps, video only, 22.91MiB
398          mp4        1280x720   720p  868k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.05M.08@868k, 24fps, video only, 24.89MiB
399          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 1572k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.08M.08@1572k, 24fps, video only, 45.05MiB
137          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 2296k , mp4_dash container, avc1.640028@2296k, 24fps, video only, 65.79MiB
248          webm       1920x1080  1080p 2312k , webm_dash container, vp9@2312k, 24fps, video only, 66.26MiB
18           mp4        640x360    360p  582k , avc1.42001E, 24fps, mp4a.40.2 (44100Hz), 16.68MiB (best)