Can´t download a YT video

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• [x ] I’m reporting a broken site support issue
• [x ] I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
• [ x] I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• [ x] I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• [ x] I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
• [ x] I’ve read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

youtube-dl “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7FCgw_GlWc” -v [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7FCgw_GlWc’, u’-v’] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06 [debug] Python version 2.7.18 (CPython) - Linux-5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-20.04-focal [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] p7FCgw_GlWc: Downloading webpage [youtube] p7FCgw_GlWc: Refetching age-gated info webpage WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 410: Gone Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py”, line 174, in _run_module_as_main “main”, fname, loader, pkg_name) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py”, line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/main.py”, line 19, in <module> File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py”, line 475, in main File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py”, line 465, in _real_main File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py”, line 2069, in download File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py”, line 808, in extract_info File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py”, line 815, in wrapper File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py”, line 836, in __extract_info File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py”, line 534, in extract File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py”, line 1503, in _real_extract File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py”, line 2644, in compat_parse_qs File “/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py”, line 2614, in _parse_qsl AttributeError: ‘bool’ object has no attribute ‘split’

## Description

Hey, i am trying to download a youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7FCgw_GlWc). It shows me an "WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 410: Gone" error, i am not really sure what i am doing wrong. I am running youtube-dl on Windows 11 using WSL. AFAIK, the video is age-restricted, but is public and accessable with my browser - i dont see how that could be a problem.

[dirkf]

This patch back-ports the Android embed client work-around from yt-dlp to achieve the same result:

--- old/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ new/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -283,15 +283,18 @@
     _YT_INITIAL_PLAYER_RESPONSE_RE = r'ytInitialPlayerResponse\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;'
     _YT_INITIAL_BOUNDARY_RE = r'(?:var\s+meta|</script|\n)'
 
-    def _call_api(self, ep, query, video_id, fatal=True):
+    def _call_api(self, ep, query, video_id, fatal=True, headers=None):
         data = self._DEFAULT_API_DATA.copy()
         data.update(query)
+        real_headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
+        if headers:
+            real_headers.update(headers)
 
         return self._download_json(
             'https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/%s' % ep, video_id=video_id,
             note='Downloading API JSON', errnote='Unable to download API page',
             data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf8'), fatal=fatal,
-            headers={'content-type': 'application/json'},
+            headers=real_headers,
             query={'key': 'AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8'})
 
     def _extract_yt_initial_data(self, video_id, webpage):
@@ -1503,26 +1506,28 @@
                 'player', {'videoId': video_id}, video_id)
 
         playability_status = player_response.get('playabilityStatus') or {}
-        if playability_status.get('reason') == 'Sign in to confirm your age':
-            video_info = self._download_webpage(
-                base_url + 'get_video_info', video_id,
-                'Refetching age-gated info webpage',
-                'unable to download video info webpage', query={
-                    'video_id': video_id,
-                    'eurl': 'https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/' + video_id,
-                    'html5': 1,
-                    # See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29333#issuecomment-864049544
-                    'c': 'TVHTML5',
-                    'cver': '6.20180913',
-                }, fatal=False)
-            if video_info:
-                pr = self._parse_json(
-                    try_get(
-                        compat_parse_qs(video_info),
-                        lambda x: x['player_response'][0], compat_str) or '{}',
-                    video_id, fatal=False)
-                if pr and isinstance(pr, dict):
-                    player_response = pr
+        if (playability_status.get('reason') == 'Sign in to confirm your age'
+            and int_or_none(self._downloader.params.get('age_limit'), default=18) >= 18):
+            self.report_age_confirmation()
+            query = {
+                'playbackContext': {'contentPlaybackContext': {'html5Preference': 'HTML5_PREF_WANTS'}},
+                'contentCheckOk': True,
+                'racyCheckOk': True,
+                'context': {
+                    'client': {'clientName': 'ANDROID', 'clientVersion': '16.20', 'hl': 'en', 'clientScreen': 'EMBED'},
+                    'thirdParty': {'embedUrl': 'https://google.com'},
+                },
+                'videoId': video_id,
+            }
+            headers = {
+                'X-YouTube-Client-Name': '3',
+                'X-YouTube-Client-Version': '16.20',
+                'Origin': 'https://www.youtube.com'
+            }
+            video_info = self._call_api('player', query, video_id, fatal=False, headers=headers)
+            if video_info and isinstance(video_info, dict):
+                player_response = video_info
+                playability_status = player_response.get('playabilityStatus') or {}
 
         trailer_video_id = try_get(
             playability_status,

Then:

$ python -m youtube_dl -F 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7FCgw_GlWc'
[youtube] p7FCgw_GlWc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] p7FCgw_GlWc: Downloading API JSON
[info] Available formats for p7FCgw_GlWc:
format code  extension  resolution note
139          m4a        audio only tiny   48k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.5@ 48k (22050Hz), 3.71MiB
249          webm       audio only tiny   51k , webm_dash container, opus @ 51k (48000Hz), 3.89MiB
250          webm       audio only tiny   66k , webm_dash container, opus @ 66k (48000Hz), 5.05MiB
251          webm       audio only tiny  127k , webm_dash container, opus @127k (48000Hz), 9.70MiB
140          m4a        audio only tiny  129k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@129k (44100Hz), 9.83MiB
160          mp4        256x144    144p   33k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d400c@  33k, 30fps, video only, 2.53MiB
278          webm       256x144    144p   78k , webm_dash container, vp9@  78k, 30fps, video only, 5.98MiB
394          mp4        256x144    144p   84k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.00M.08@  84k, 30fps, video only, 6.40MiB
133          mp4        426x240    240p   55k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d4015@  55k, 30fps, video only, 4.23MiB
242          webm       426x240    240p   82k , webm_dash container, vp9@  82k, 30fps, video only, 6.24MiB
395          mp4        426x240    240p  189k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.00M.08@ 189k, 30fps, video only, 14.41MiB
134          mp4        640x360    360p  114k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401e@ 114k, 30fps, video only, 8.67MiB
243          webm       640x360    360p  142k , webm_dash container, vp9@ 142k, 30fps, video only, 10.85MiB
396          mp4        640x360    360p  301k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.01M.08@ 301k, 30fps, video only, 22.87MiB
135          mp4        854x480    480p  193k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401f@ 193k, 30fps, video only, 14.71MiB
244          webm       854x480    480p  234k , webm_dash container, vp9@ 234k, 30fps, video only, 17.77MiB
397          mp4        854x480    480p  547k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.04M.08@ 547k, 30fps, video only, 41.59MiB
136          mp4        1280x720   720p  452k , mp4_dash container, avc1.4d401f@ 452k, 30fps, video only, 34.36MiB
247          webm       1280x720   720p  470k , webm_dash container, vp9@ 470k, 30fps, video only, 35.71MiB
398          mp4        1280x720   720p 1112k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.05M.08@1112k, 30fps, video only, 84.46MiB
399          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 1759k , mp4_dash container, av01.0.08M.08@1759k, 30fps, video only, 133.61MiB
248          webm       1920x1080  1080p 1767k , webm_dash container, vp9@1767k, 30fps, video only, 134.21MiB
137          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 2850k , mp4_dash container, avc1.640028@2850k, 30fps, video only, 216.45MiB
17           3gp        176x144    144p   68k , mp4v.20.3, 7fps, mp4a.40.2 (22050Hz), 5.22MiB
18           mp4        640x360    360p  509k , avc1.42001E, 30fps, mp4a.40.2 (44100Hz), 38.68MiB
22           mp4        1280x720   720p 2260k , avc1.64001F, 30fps, mp4a.40.2 (44100Hz) (best)
$

Videos like Cr381pDsSsA (Some Girls from Equestria have a …) that reject embedding are not handled.

[dirkf]

Try the linked PR #31043 which worked when I last tested it.

There is a separate issue #31164 with YT today but it doesn’t affect this.