ABC iView - KeyError 'playlist'

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site support issue
• I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.04.17
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser Can’t check, am UK based
• I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
• I’ve read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

C:\Plex\ffmpeg>youtube-dl -f best --verbose -o "%(series)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" https://iview.abc.net.au/video/LE2031V010S00 --ffmpeg-location "C:\Temp\ffmpeg\ffmpeg\bin"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-f', 'best', '--verbose', '-o', '%(series)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://iview.abc.net.au/video/LE2031V010S00', '--ffmpeg-location', 'C:\\Temp\\ffmpeg\\ffmpeg\\bin']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.04.17
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2020-07-21-b5f1e05, ffprobe git-2020-07-21-b5f1e05
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 1.132.75.39 (AU) as X-Forwarded-For.
[abc.net.au:iview] LE2031V010S00: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('playlist',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp_5l7wxqx\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp_5l7wxqx\build\youtube_dl\extractor\abc.py", line 135, in _real_extract
KeyError: 'playlist'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp_5l7wxqx\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp_5l7wxqx\build\youtube_dl\extractor\abc.py", line 135, in _real_extract
KeyError: 'playlist'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp_5l7wxqx\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 806, in wrapper
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp_5l7wxqx\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 827, in __extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmp_5l7wxqx\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 547, in extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('playlist',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Description

Downloading from ABC iView was working 5/4/21 Currently not working - Trying to download from the UK Have attempted multiple shows with the same error Downloading from YouTube is fine Tried downloading from iView with an older version of youtube-dl, also updated to the latest version, same error

Have previously used this format with iView and had success

youtube-dl -f best --verbose -o "%(series)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" https://iview.abc.net.au/video/LE2031V010S00 --ffmpeg-location "C:\Plex\ffmpeg\ffmpeg\bin"

[archelium]

Works if you VPN into Aussie. Just got the file.

[dirkf]

The error means that no streams were listed in the programme JSON metadata. A statusMessage is typically present like this:

Some ABC iview programs are now available outside Australia. For the best international experience, download ABC Australia iview on your local Google Play or App Store.

A better UX would be to trap the error:

        try:
            stream = next(s for s in video_params['playlist'] if s.get('type') in ('program', 'livestream'))
        except (StopIteration, TypeError, KeyError) as e:
            if 'Some ABC iview programs are now available outside Australia' in video_params.get('statusMessage', ''):
                self.raise_geo_restricted(countries=self._GEO_COUNTRIES)
            raise ExtractorError('No streams found', cause=e, video_id=video_id)