ZEE5 Broken Site ( HTTP Error 400: Bad Request )

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site
• I’ve verified that I’m running yt-dlp version 2022.03.08.1. (update instructions)
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
• I’ve read the guidelines for opening an issue
• I’ve read about sharing account credentials and I’m willing to share it if required

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Description

Unable to download a lot of URLs from ZEE5, I have confirmed they are playable on non-DRM Browsers.

URL : https://www.zee5.com/kids/kids-shows/indias-best-dramebaaz-2018/0-6-tvshow_225807515/indias-best-dramebaaz-2018/0-1-tvshow_225807515-season_1636655307-episode_1767761271

Verbose log

[debug] Command-line config: ['https://www.zee5.com/kids/kids-shows/indias-best-dramebaaz-2018/0-6-tvshow_225807515/indias-best-dramebaaz-2018/0-1-tvshow_225807515-season_1636655307-episode_1767761271', '--verbose', '-o', 'Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome', '-N', '20']
[Cookies] Extracting cookies from chrome
[debug] Extracting cookies from: "/Users/dd/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Cookies"
[debug] using find-generic-password to obtain password from OSX keychain
[Cookies] Extracted 3274 cookies from chrome
[debug] cookie version breakdown: {'v10': 3207, 'other': 0, 'unencrypted': 67}
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, err utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] yt-dlp version 2022.03.08.1 [c0c2c57d3] (zip)
[debug] Lazy loading extractors is disabled
[debug] Python version 3.9.10 (CPython 64bit) - macOS-12.1-arm64-arm-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.0 (setts), ffprobe 5.0, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, sqlite
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 117.254.45.16 (IN) as X-Forwarded-For
[debug] [Zee5] Extracting URL: https://www.zee5.com/kids/kids-shows/indias-best-dramebaaz-2018/0-6-tvshow_225807515/indias-best-dramebaaz-2018/0-1-tvshow_225807515-season_1636655307-episode_1767761271
[Zee5] 0-1-tvshow_225807515-season_1636655307-episode_1767761271: Downloading access token
[Zee5] 0-1-tvshow_225807515-season_1636655307-episode_1767761271: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: [Zee5] 0-1-tvshow_225807515-season_1636655307-episode_1767761271: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request (caused by <HTTPError 400: 'Bad Request'>); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 617, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/zee5.py", line 136, in _real_extract
    json_data = self._download_json(
  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 997, in _download_json
    res = self._download_json_handle(
  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 976, in _download_json_handle
    res = self._download_webpage_handle(
  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 768, in _download_webpage_handle
    urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 753, in _request_webpage
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=err)

  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 735, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3589, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 523, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 632, in http_response
    response = self.parent.error(
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 561, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 494, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/urllib/request.py", line 641, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

[pukkandan]

@kr-v Stop @ ing repeatedly. If someone is willing to work on the issue, and wants to ask for account details, they will

[Aman9das]

How to fix this issue, again?

Is there a procedure to find the _DEVICE_ID and _DETAIL_API_URL

I think it is discovered by observing calls to spapi.zee5.com (when loading the page) in the console