HTTP Error 403: Forbidden when using NLTK

Question

I am trying using nltk in my project and in order to download the nltk data you are supposed to do:

>>> import nltk
>>> nltk.download()

However, I keep getting the HTTP error 403. I checked online and everyone says to change the default URL to the newest nltk url, but it hasn't worked and I keep getting the error. Any clues?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '17 at 09:52

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As @alvas suggested on this page, this is an easy fix:

from nltk.downloader import Downloader
dler = Downloader('https://pastebin.com/raw/D3TBY4Mj')
dler.download()

Getting 405 error while trying to download nltk data

answered Jul 27 '17 at 09:52

Boban

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I'm still getting the same error. I even tried: python -m nltk.downloader -u https://pastebin.com/raw/D3TBY4Mj punkt – Eric Agredo Jul 27 '17 at 13:58
python -m nltk.downloader -u https://pastebin.com/raw/D3TBY4Mj all . This worked for me. – Eric Agredo Jul 27 '17 at 14:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 27 '17 at 06:29

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You may have to set proxy like this:

nltk.set_proxy('url', 'username', 'password')

answered Jul 27 '17 at 06:29

Rohan Amrute

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HTTP Error 403: Forbidden when using NLTK

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