NameError: name 'RegexMatchError' is not defined (installed pytube from Master)

I work on spotDL/spotify-downloader and this is a common issue we run across.

It occurs only for some users under different circumstances, e.g.

• pytube works just fine from a fork of pytube I uploaded to PyPi called a-pytube-fork-for-spotdl-users. It also doesn’t work for some of the users on our stable branch. It works for most of them.
• It doesn’t work on the PR in question (see link). again among the 4 testers, it works for 2 doesn’t for the other 2.

We (the dev team) would like some help with this and the other pytube issues.

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Just a side note:

• Consider rewriting the whole of pytube from scratch. It usually reduces package size drastically.
• Definitely more reliable.
• If you write it with maintainability in mind - it’ll have a much simpler design, that’s a bonus for attracting more contributors.
• Most of the trial and error is already done, you just have to restructure it for all of those benefits.

Now, I’m sure there are reasons you aren’t doing this but just wanted to share by 2 cents with you. It got the project that I ‘inherited’ form this muck into a maintainable state with much better search capabilities.

[ghost]

Don’t get me wrong. I’ve been the admin on spotdl for only a month. What I said above were just things that helped me get spotdl into a maintainable state. Just my 2 cents.

I really appreciate the work you’ve done on pytube. Thought I should share a boot of what helped me.

As to the error, I’ll get to you by tmrw.

[tfdahlin]

Since this issue is coming from a patch made to pytube in your library, I’m going to close it for now. If you have a problem with pytube itself in the future, please feel welcome to create a new issue.