Youtueb-dl error 429

Discussion & Solutions
1

HOW to fix this 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-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

2

Using --cookies fixed the error for me.

  1. Install cookies.txt addon in firefox. You get a cookies.txt file when you click on ‘export cookies’.

  2. Use the command as:
    youtube-dl --cookies cookies.txt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

1 Like
3

use --playliststart and --playlistend it will override that error

search google for “site:github youtube-dl playlist downloading”

1 Like