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Change the client to avoid the 403 error #919

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change the client
Oct 23, 2025
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14 changes: 6 additions & 8 deletions YoutubeExplode/Videos/VideoController.cs
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Expand Up @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private async ValueTask<string> ResolveVisitorDataAsync(

request.Headers.Add(
"User-Agent",
"com.google.ios.youtube/19.45.4 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 18_1_0 like Mac OS X; US)"
"com.google.android.youtube/20.10.38 (Linux; U; ANDROID 11) gzip"
);

using var response = await Http.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -114,13 +114,11 @@ public async ValueTask<PlayerResponse> GetPlayerResponseAsync(
"contentCheckOk": true,
"context": {
"client": {
"clientName": "IOS",
"clientVersion": "19.45.4",
"deviceMake": "Apple",
"deviceModel": "iPhone16,2",
"clientName": "ANDROID",
"clientVersion": "20.10.38",
"osName": "Android",
"osVersion": "11",
"platform": "MOBILE",
"osName": "IOS",
"osVersion": "18.1.0.22B83",
"visitorData": {{Json.Serialize(visitorData)}},
"hl": "en",
"gl": "US",
Expand All @@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ public async ValueTask<PlayerResponse> GetPlayerResponseAsync(
// https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/3230#issuecomment-1226887639
request.Headers.Add(
"User-Agent",
"com.google.ios.youtube/19.45.4 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 18_1_0 like Mac OS X; US)"
"com.google.android.youtube/20.10.38 (Linux; U; ANDROID 11) gzip"
);

using var response = await Http.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
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