Want to send a video to a friend but you have private content? Then password protect it! Here is a quick explanation on how to password protect your Vimeo videos.

first of all i want to say that i did searched a lot before i wrote here butnone of the answers did answered my questions so that brings me here.

I have created an app on vimeo api, i have also created an access token will full permissions,on the authentication area it says this:

i then put it in my node js code.

Now when i try to get a video with the security of private link only - i get nothing, when i switch to everyone - i get the video's url.

when i try to use password - i don't get the video url (what am i missing?)

So i can't get video with private link and i can't get video that is protected by password, so what can i do if i want to get the video url but hide it from vimeo?

i want the video url to be reviled only when my api request it or when i enter with my account to vimeo console.

Thanks!

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1 Answer

It sounds like you're using the wrong token somehow. Troubleshooting would require sharing sensitive information (tokens, video links, etc.) so I suggest contacting Vimeo for support:

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Hi,
I am unable to download vimeo password protected videos. I tested and I am able to download regular vimeo videos though.

youtube-dl output:

sudo youtube-dl -U
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2015.10.13)
youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx --verbose --video-password xxxxxx
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'--verbose', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE']
[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out ANSI_X3.4-1968, pref ANSI_X3.4-1968
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.13
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.12.31-armv6l-with-debian-7.8
[debug] exe versions: avconv 0.8.17-6, avprobe 0.8.17-6, ffmpeg 0.8.17-6, ffprobe 0.8.17-6
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] xxxxxxxx: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] xxxxxxxx: Extracting information
[vimeo] xxxxxxxx: Verifying the password
[vimeo] xxxxxxxx: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] xxxxxxxx: Extracting information
ERROR: video password verification failed!; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File '/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py', line 301, in _real_extract
flags=re.DOTALL)
File '/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py', line 584, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract info section; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File '/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py', line 660, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File '/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py', line 290, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File '/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py', line 312, in _real_extract
smuggle_url(url, {'_video_password_verified': 'verified'}))
File '/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py', line 309, in _real_extract
raise ExtractorError('video password verification failed!')
ExtractorError: video password verification failed!; 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.

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For obvious reasons (this is a pay-for-view video of some DIY instructions, I don't think the owner would appreciate distributing the password over the net) I cannot provide the link and the actual password. I can confirm that this video is playable, when I enter the URL via browser and provide the password.