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diff --git a/youtube/channel.py b/youtube/channel.py
index 0dafde5..9577525 100644
--- a/youtube/channel.py
+++ b/youtube/channel.py
@@ -107,7 +107,16 @@ def get_number_of_videos(channel_id):
playlist_id = 'UU' + channel_id[2:]
url = 'https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=' + playlist_id + '&pbj=1'
print("Getting number of videos")
- response = common.fetch_url(url, common.mobile_ua + headers_pbj)
+
+ # Sometimes retrieving playlist info fails with 403 for no discernable reason
+ try:
+ response = common.fetch_url(url, common.mobile_ua + headers_pbj)
+ except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+ if e.code != 403:
+ raise
+ print("Couldn't retrieve number of videos")
+ return 1000
+
'''with open('debug/playlist_debug_metadata', 'wb') as f:
f.write(response)'''
response = response.decode('utf-8')