Crunchyroll : Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403

[RGFRv2]

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• [ ] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.04.16

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• [ ] At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• [ ] Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• [ ] Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

youtube-dl -v http://www.crunchyroll.com/darling-in-the-franxx/episode-11-partner-shuffle-759595
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.crunchyroll.com/darling-in-the-franxx/episode-11-partner-shuffle-759595']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.04.16
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 (CPython) - Linux-4.12.14-041214-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 0a34092, ffprobe 0a34092, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Crunchyroll] 759595: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: 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 519, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2203, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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<end of log>

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: http://www.crunchyroll.com/darling-in-the-franxx/episode-11-partner-shuffle-759595
• Single video: http://www.crunchyroll.com/darling-in-the-franxx/episode-11-partner-shuffle-759595
• Playlist: http://www.crunchyroll.com/darling-in-the-franxx/

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Hello,

I have a problem when I run a youtube-dl command for crunchyroll.com, I tried with various links (Playlist, single video) from this site but I still have with this error. But, I tried to download a Youtube video, it works fine.

[RGFRv2]

When I run the command without the"-v"

ERROR: Unable to download webpage: 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.

[dstftw]

Pass captcha solved cookies from browser.

[RGFRv2]

How do I do that?

[dstftw]

Read FAQ.