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During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

See original GitHub issue

Expected behaviour:

To run as intended

Actual behaviour:

Flexget commands ends in error

Steps to reproduce:

Step 1: execute any flexget command

Config:

variables: secret.yml
templates:
  global:
    no_entries_ok: yes
    notify:
      abort:
        via:
          - pushbullet:
              api_key: '{? pushbullet.api ?}'

##################################################################
#    TV TEMPLATE
##################################################################

  vic_tv:
    set:
      path: /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/Downloads
      move_completed_path: /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/TV/NEW EPISODES/{{tvdb_series_name}}/Season {{tvdb_season}}/
      label: NEW EPISODES
    configure_series:
      from:
        trakt_list:
          username: '{? trak.usr ?}'
          account: '{? trak.acct ?}'
          list: vic tv
          type: shows
      settings:
        quality: 1080p
        propers: 16 hours
        specials: no
    verify_ssl_certificates: no
    thetvdb_lookup: yes
    series:
      - Shameless (2011):
          alternate_name: Shameless (US)
      - Powers (2015):
          alternate_name: Powers (US)
      - Real Time with Bill Maher (2003):
          identified_by: ep
      - Masterchef (2010):
          alternate_name: Masterchef (US)      
    deluge:
      host: localhost
      port: '{? deluge.port ?}'
      username: '{? deluge.usr ?}'
      password: '{? deluge.pwd ?}'

##################################################################
#    DOWNLOAD NOTIFICATION TEMPLATE
##################################################################

  tv_notify:
    thetvdb_lookup: yes
    notify:
      entries:
        title: "{{tvdb_series_name}}"
        message: "Season: {{tvdb_season}} | Episode No: {{tvdb_episode}} | {{tvdb_network}}\r\n‣ Episode:\u0009{% if tvdb_ep_name is defined %}{{tvdb_ep_name}}{% endif %}\r\n‣ Air date:\u0009\u0009{% if tvdb_ep_air_date is defined %}{{tvdb_ep_air_date.strftime('%m.%d.%Y')}}{% endif %}\r\n‣ Summary: {{tvdb_ep_overview}}"
        via:
          - pushbullet:
              api_key: '{? pushbullet.api ?}'


  movie_notify:
    imdb_lookup: yes
    notify:
      entries:
        title: "{{imdb_name}}"
        message: "{{imdb_url}}\nIMDB SCORE: {{imdb_score}}\nSize: {{content_size}}MB\n\n {{imdb_plot_outline}}"
        via:
          - pushbullet:
              api_key: '{? pushbullet.api ?}'


#

##################################################################
#   MOVIE TEMPLATE
##################################################################

  movie:
    tmdb_lookup: yes 
    proper_movies: no
    content_size:
      max: 5000
      strict: no
    content_filter: 
      reject:
        - '*.zip'
        - '*.wmv'
        - '*.wma'
        - '*[cC]odec*'
        - '*[rR]eadme*'
    exists_movie:
      - /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/Movies
      - /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/Addison/Addison Movies


#################################################################
#    FILTERS TEMPLATES
##################################################################

  filters:
    regexp:
      reject:
        - \bmsd\b: {from: title}
        - \bgreek\b: {from: title}
        - \bgerman\b: {from: title}
        - \bfrench\b: {from: title}
        - \brussian\b: {from: title}
        - \bswedish\b: {from: title}
        - \bspanish\b: {from: title}
        - \bhindi\b: {from: title}
        - \barabic\b: {from: title}
        - \bitalian\b: {from: title}
        - \bpolish\b: {from: title}
        - \bromanian\b: {from: title}
        - \bdutch\b: {from: title}
        - \bczech\b: {from: title}
        - \bturkish\b: {from: title}
        - \brmvb\b: {from: title}
#        - \bkorean\b: {from: title}
        - \bwmv\b: {from: title}
#        - (s|d)ub(s|bed)?\b: {from: title}
        - \bFRENCH\b: {from: title}
        - \bSPANiSH\b: {from: title}
        - \bLatino\b: {from: title}
        - \btrailer\b: {from: title}
        - \bHDTC\b: {from: title} 
        - \bHDTS\b: {from: title}
        - \bHQTS\b: {from: title}
        - \bHDcam\b: {from: title} 
        - \bR5\b: {from: title}
        - \b3-?D\b: {from: title}                             # I don't have any 3D displays
        - \btrailer\b: {from: title}                          # I've gotten a few trailers that matched as movies. VERY annoying
        - \bTS\b: {from: title}
        - \bCam\b: {from: title}
        - '{C_P}': {from: title}                              # The following are groups with poor quality releases
        - TrTd TeaM: {from: title}
        - \[TNTVillage\]: {from: title}
        - \bFLEET\b: {from: title}
        - \b0SEC\b: {from: title}
        - \[facepalm\]: {from: title}
        - FASTSUB: {from: title}
        - VOSTFR: {from: title}
        - Subtitulado: {from: title}
        - \bNORDiC\b: {from: title}
        - \biPad\b: {from: title}
#        - \b(ita|ger|fra|spa|swe|nor|nordic|fr|kor|uk|esp|nl|pl|spanish)\b: {from: title}
        - \bR6\b: {from: title}
        - \bTemporada\b: {from: title}
        - \bDual\b: {from: title}
        - \bTamil*\b: {from: title}
        - \bJapanese\b: {from: title}
        - \bJajji!\b: {from: title}
        - \bdragons.den.(ca|uk)\b: {from: title}
        - \bx265\b: {from: title}
#        - \HC\b: {from: title}
        - \b480p\b: {from: title}
        - \b.TamilRock*\b: {from: title}
        - \b1xbet\b: {from: title}
        - \bCAMRip\b: {from: title}
        - \bHDCAMRip\b: {from: title}


##################################################################
#    TASK SCHEDULES
##################################################################


schedules:

  - tasks: tv_shows
    interval:
      minutes: 5

  - tasks: IMDB
    interval:
      minutes: 30

  - tasks: passthepopcorn
    interval: 
      hours: 2

  - tasks: movies
    interval:
      hours: 1


##################################################################
#    TASKS 
##################################################################


tasks:

  tv_shows:
    priority: 1
    template:
      - vic_tv
      - tv_notify
      - filters
    inputs:
      - rss: '{? btn.url ?}'
#      - rss: '{? mtv.url ?}'


  IMDB:
    imdb_list:
      login: '{? imdb.usr ?}'
      password: '{? imdb.pwd ?}'
      list: watchlist
    accept_all: yes
    seen: 
      fields: [title]
    list_add:
      - movie_list: vic_movies
    priority: 2




  passthepopcorn:
    priority: 4
    template:
      - movie
      - movie_notify
      - filters
    quality: hdrip+
    imdb_lookup: yes
    list_match:
      from:
        - movie_list: vic_movies
    list_add:
      - entry_list: downloaded_movies
    verify_ssl_certificates: no
    inputs:
      - rss: '{? ptp.url ?}'
    set:
      path: /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/Downloads
      move_completed_path: /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/Movies/
    deluge:
      host: localhost
      port: '{? deluge.port ?}'
      username: '{? deluge.usr ?}'
      password: '{? deluge.pwd ?}'
      label: Movies

  movies:
    priority: 5
    template:
      - movie
      - movie_notify
      - filters
    discover:
      release_estimations: 
        optimistic: 60 days
      what:
        - movie_list: vic_movies
      from:
        - rarbg:
            category: [14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48]
        - 1337x: yes
        - piratebay:
            category: movies
    interval: 1 hour
    quality: 720p+
    list_match:
      from:
        - movie_list: vic_movies
    list_add:
      - entry_list: downloaded_movies
    torrent_alive: 10
    verify_ssl_certificates: no
    set:
      path: /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/Downloads
      move_completed_path: /media/CHEWYHDD/CHEWY/Videos/Movies/
    deluge:
      host: localhost
      port: '{? deluge.port ?}'
      username: '{? deluge.usr ?}'
      password: '{? deluge.pwd ?}'
      ratio: .01
      label: Public

Log:

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pi@pi4:~ $ source ~/flexget/bin/activate
(flexget) pi@pi4:~ $ flexget -L debug check
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager Figuring out config load paths
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager Adding virtualenv path
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager Found config: /home/pi/flexget/config.yml
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager Config file /home/pi/flexget/config.yml selected
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager sys.defaultencoding: utf-8
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager sys.getfilesystemencoding: utf-8
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager flexget detected io encoding: utf-8
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager os.path.supports_unicode_filenames: False
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG plugin Trying to load plugins from: ['/home/pi/flexget/plugins', '/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/plugins']
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG plugin Plugin `memusage` requires plugin `ext lib `guppy`` to load.
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG plugin Trying to load components from: ['/home/pi/flexget/components', '/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/components']
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG plugin Plugins took 3.65 seconds to load. 297 plugins in registry.
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager Connecting to: sqlite:////home/pi/flexget/db-config.sqlite2019-09-27 12:29 WARNING check Config line 173 is likely missing ':' at the end
2019-09-27 12:29 WARNING check Config line 177 is likely missing ':' at the end
2019-09-27 12:29 WARNING check Config line 181 is likely missing ':' at the end
2019-09-27 12:29 WARNING check Config line 185 is likely missing ':' at the end
2019-09-27 12:29 VERBOSE check Pre-checked 323 configuration lines
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager config_name: config
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager config_base: /home/pi/flexget
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG variables trying to load variables from file
2019-09-27 12:29 DEBUG manager Removed /home/pi/flexget/.config-lock
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/components/variables/variables.py", line 45, in variables_from_file
variables_dict = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yaml/__init__.py", line 162, in safe_load
return load(stream, SafeLoader)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yaml/__init__.py", line 112, in load
loader = Loader(stream)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yaml/loader.py", line 34, in __init__
Reader.__init__(self, stream)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yaml/reader.py", line 74, in __init__
self.check_printable(stream)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yaml/reader.py", line 144, in check_printable
'unicode', "special characters are not allowed")
yaml.reader.ReaderError: unacceptable character #x0000: special characters are not allowed
in "", position 988

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/flexget/bin/flexget", line 10, in 
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/__init__.py", line 47, in main
manager.start()
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/manager.py", line 399, in start
self.initialize()
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/manager.py", line 251, in initialize
self.load_config()
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/manager.py", line 720, in load_config
self.update_config(config)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/manager.py", line 731, in update_config
self.config = self.validate_config(config)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/manager.py", line 787, in validate_config
config = fire_event('manager.before_config_validate', config, self)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/event.py", line 113, in fire_event
result = event(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/event.py", line 23, in __call__
return self.func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/components/variables/variables.py", line 89, in process_variables
variables = variables_from_file(manager.config_base, config['variables'])
File "/home/pi/flexget/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flexget/components/variables/variables.py", line 47, in variables_from_file
raise PluginError('Invalid variables file: %s' % e)
flexget.plugin.PluginError: Invalid variables file: unacceptable character #x0000: special characters are not allowed
in "", position 988