[BUG] urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[emcf]

I am on the latest version of pytube.

Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce
Please provide the following information:

• The video or playlist url that is causing the error.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEr7TayrmU
• The code where the problem is occurring.

from pytube import YouTube
youtube_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEr7TayrmU"
temp_dir = "youtube_temp"
filename = "temp_video.mp4"
yt = YouTube(youtube_url)
stream = yt.streams.filter(progressive=True, file_extension='mp4').first()
stream.download(temp_dir, filename=filename)

Expected behavior
Expected no exception to be raised.

Output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/runner/work/thepipe/thepipe/tests/test_thepipe.py", line 51, in test_extract_youtube
    chunks = extractor.extract_from_source("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEr7TayrmU")
  File "/home/runner/work/thepipe/thepipe/thepipe_api/extractor.py", line 55, in extract_from_source
    return extract_youtube(youtube_url=source, text_only=text_only, verbose=verbose)
  File "/home/runner/work/thepipe/thepipe/thepipe_api/extractor.py", line 376, in extract_youtube
    stream.download(temp_dir, filename=filename)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pytube/streams.py", line 309, in download
    bytes_remaining = self.filesize
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pytube/streams.py", line 157, in filesize
    self._filesize = request.filesize(self.url)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pytube/request.py", line 204, in filesize
    return int(head(url)["content-length"])
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pytube/request.py", line 268, in head
    response_headers = _execute_request(url, method="HEAD").info()
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pytube/request.py", line 37, in _execute_request
    return urlopen(request, timeout=timeout)  # nosec
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 216, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 634, in http_response
    response = self.parent.error(
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 563, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.14/x64/lib/python3.10/urllib/request.py", line 643, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

System information
Default github actions server

EDIT: It seems this same error prompted the creation of a similar issue which may be resolved by setting a User-Agent in the request header.

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[morris-choga]

Experienced this error a while back. After a few days everything was working normally. After my research i came to the conclusion that this is a restriction by youtube on your ip address or device they will eventually lift it

[emcf]

Experienced this error a while back. After a few days everything was working normally. After my research i came to the conclusion that this is a restriction by youtube on your ip address or device they will eventually lift it

Coming back here to say that I've had pretty much the same experience.