Instagram: Unable to extract video url
See original GitHub issueChecklist
- I’m reporting a broken site support issue
- I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.04.26
- 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 bug reports including closed ones
- I’ve read bugs section in FAQ
Verbose log
youtube-dl "https://www.instagram.com/tv/COJ1EIAlHtP/?igshid=dedqjbzkngqq" --force-ipv4 -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.instagram.com/tv/COJ1EIAlHtP/?igshid=dedqjbzkngqq', u'--force-ipv4', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.04.27
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-5.4.19-x86_64-with-debian-9.13
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.15-0, ffprobe 3.2.15-0
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Instagram] COJ1EIAlHtP: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract video url; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 806, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 827, in __extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 534, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py", line 240, in _real_extract
video_url = self._og_search_video_url(webpage, secure=False)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1130, in _og_search_video_url
return self._html_search_regex(regexes, html, name, **kargs)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1021, in _html_search_regex
res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags, group)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1012, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video url; 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
But When I try the same command from an other IP address it works well.
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Quick update - looks like this “download restriction” (or whatever’s going on with this case) has around 24 hours lifespan. I’m able to perform 5-10-15 downloads and then, I’m “blocked”. Next day - it’s the same limit and error.
after checking with --write-pages I found out that it redirect me to the login page. So the only way is to force using cookies