TikTok Error

~/files/Tiktok $ youtube-dl --verbose https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8Kf5sqY/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8Kf5sqY/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.10.1 (CPython) - Linux-4.14.87+-armv8l-with-libc
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.1, ffprobe 4.4.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] ZM8Kf5sqY: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.tiktok.com/@elektrokurzschluss/video/7042661503035526406?_d=secCgwIARCbDRjEFSACKAESPgo8Py%2BWHrKmQ8k916xwcDBjDWlzWI3uyW3d84Z2wwgZBwA6dO9mCxynY1r%2BVVrZKE4rOvdHB5S4NR7cJt0sGgA%3D&language=de&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAwkLYynP5HnlwKtmz4yBJ6cCjmTTfkDfupLpi6htOTGYDBqQw03ruYBKCSem4mD-x&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=7042661503035526406&share_link_id=5391ca27-a864-405f-84d3-8fec6466ad88&source=h5_m&timestamp=1640954903&u_code=de7i359c99ad13&user_id=6866698620222948358&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=android&utm_source=copy&_r=1
[TikTok] Setting up session
[TikTok] 7042661503035526406: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 534, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/tiktok.py", line 110, in _real_extract
    page_props = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1012, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[p1ratrulezzz]

Applied patch from #30251 (comment) and it worked for me.

Tutorial:

1. Save patch as /tmp/tiktok.patch. (or download attachment). Open it and change first lines as following:

--- old/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ new/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/tiktok.py

to

--- old/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ new/extractor/tiktok.py

1. if you use venv - activate it by

source venv/bin/activate

1. Find out site-packages folder location by running

venv_dir=$(python3 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib'))")
echo $venv_dir

1. change dir to site-packages and apply the patch

cd $venv_dir/youtube_dl
patch -p1 < /tmp/tiktok.patch

1. If using a venv, run

deactivate

1. It should work now.

[dirkf]

… (substitute PR number 30479 and file youtube_dl/extractor/tiktok.py as appropriate) …

You installed PR #30184 instead of #30479!