[Facebook] "Cannot parse data" when trying to download Facebook reel #7626

ivo-ns · 2023-07-18T00:23:09Z

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I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a supported site
I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version 2023.07.06 (update instructions) or later (specify commit)
I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
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Region

Bulgaria

Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

I'm trying to download https://www.facebook.com/reel/306581085124522 but it's not working.

Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

Run your yt-dlp command with -vU flag added (yt-dlp -vU <your command line>)
If using API, add 'verbose': True to YoutubeDL params instead
Copy the WHOLE output (starting with [debug] Command-line config) and insert it below

Complete Verbose Output

[debug] Command-line config: ['--cookies-from-browser', 'chrome', 'https://www.facebook.com/reel/306581085124522', '-vU']
[debug] User config "C:\Users\johnl\AppData\Roaming\yt-dlp\config.txt": ['-f', 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best', '-i', '-o', 'D:/Courses/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--no-mtime']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs utf-8, pref cp1251, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.07.06 [b532a3481] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-02-02-git-2367affc2c-full_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 2021-02-02-git-2367affc2c-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.18.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2023.05.07, mutagen-1.46.0, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-11.0.3
[Cookies] Extracting cookies from chrome
[debug] Extracting cookies from: "C:\Users\johnl\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Network\Cookies"
[debug] Found local state file at "C:\Users\johnl\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State"
[Cookies] Extracted 5469 cookies from chrome
[debug] cookie version breakdown: {'v10': 5477, 'other': 0, 'unencrypted': 0}
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1855 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Available version: stable@2023.07.06, Current version: stable@2023.07.06
Current Build Hash: 5ff3e702171a50175c34397494e2d18ce35d771c2110b1e59bd173ec2fb352aa
yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2023.07.06)
[facebook:reel] Extracting URL: https://www.facebook.com/reel/306581085124522
[facebook] Extracting URL: https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=306581085124522&_rdr
[facebook] 306581085124522: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 306581085124522: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [facebook] 306581085124522: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 710, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\facebook.py", line 707, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\facebook.py", line 654, in _extract_from_url

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bashonly · 2023-07-18T03:21:29Z

Duplicate of #4311 (and related: #7469)

to download the reel:

run yt-dlp --update-to nightly
try to download URL, but do NOT pass cookies (see discussion in [facebook] Cannot parse data #4311)

$ yt-dlp -F "https://www.facebook.com/reel/306581085124522"
[facebook:reel] Extracting URL: https://www.facebook.com/reel/306581085124522
[facebook] Extracting URL: https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=306581085124522&_rdr
[facebook] 306581085124522: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 306581085124522: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Available formats for 306581085124522:
ID                  EXT RESOLUTION │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC          VBR ACODEC     ABR ASR MORE INFO
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
987017479175882a    m4a audio only │ ~709.62KiB   65k https │ audio only          mp4a.40.5  65k 44k DASH audio, m4a_dash
291290143559503a    m4a audio only │ ≈535.67KiB   49k https │ audio only          mp4a.40.5  49k 44k DASH audio, m4a_dash
sd                  mp4 unknown    │                  https │ unknown             unknown
hd                  mp4 unknown    │                  https │ unknown             unknown
1727177101064097v-0 mp4 216x384    │ ~  1.20MiB  113k https │ vp09.00.20.08  113k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
1727177101064097v-1 mp4 216x384    │ ≈  1.20MiB  113k https │ vp09.00.20.08  113k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
652736553571576v-0  mp4 288x512    │ ~  1.66MiB  156k https │ av01.0.00M.08  156k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
652736553571576v-1  mp4 288x512    │ ≈  1.66MiB  156k https │ av01.0.00M.08  156k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
1754038845011986v-0 mp4 288x512    │ ~  1.61MiB  151k https │ vp09.00.21.08  151k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
1754038845011986v-1 mp4 288x512    │ ≈  1.61MiB  151k https │ vp09.00.21.08  151k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
806393731144222v-0  mp4 360x640    │ ~  2.41MiB  227k https │ av01.0.01M.08  227k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
806393731144222v-1  mp4 360x640    │ ≈  2.41MiB  227k https │ av01.0.01M.08  227k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
945658283213245v-0  mp4 360x640    │ ~  2.37MiB  223k https │ vp09.00.21.08  223k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
945658283213245v-1  mp4 360x640    │ ≈  2.37MiB  223k https │ vp09.00.21.08  223k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
640484371378632v-0  mp4 540x960    │ ~  3.72MiB  351k https │ av01.0.04M.08  351k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
640484371378632v-1  mp4 540x960    │ ≈  3.72MiB  351k https │ av01.0.04M.08  351k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
1337370123866935v-0 mp4 540x960    │ ~  4.32MiB  407k https │ vp09.00.30.08  407k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
1337370123866935v-1 mp4 540x960    │ ≈  4.32MiB  407k https │ vp09.00.30.08  407k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
1246187732768276v-0 mp4 720x1280   │ ~  9.17MiB  864k https │ av01.0.05M.08  864k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
1246187732768276v-1 mp4 720x1280   │ ≈  9.17MiB  864k https │ av01.0.05M.08  864k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
590628689648669v-0  mp4 720x1280   │ ~  9.30MiB  876k https │ vp09.00.31.08  876k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
590628689648669v-1  mp4 720x1280   │ ≈  9.30MiB  876k https │ vp09.00.31.08  876k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
655904969933390v-0  mp4 1080x1920  │ ~ 15.70MiB 1480k https │ av01.0.08M.08 1480k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
801218838197353v-0  mp4 1080x1920  │ ~ 33.38MiB 3147k https │ av01.0.08M.08 3147k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
655904969933390v-1  mp4 1080x1920  │ ≈ 15.70MiB 1480k https │ av01.0.08M.08 1480k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
801218838197353v-1  mp4 1080x1920  │ ≈ 33.38MiB 3147k https │ av01.0.08M.08 3147k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
823649719343300v-0  mp4 1080x1920  │ ~ 18.70MiB 1762k https │ vp09.00.40.08 1762k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
224011970590419v-0  mp4 1080x1920  │ ~ 35.60MiB 3355k https │ vp09.00.40.08 3355k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
823649719343300v-1  mp4 1080x1920  │ ≈ 18.70MiB 1762k https │ vp09.00.40.08 1762k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash
224011970590419v-1  mp4 1080x1920  │ ≈ 35.60MiB 3355k https │ vp09.00.40.08 3355k video only         DASH video, mp4_dash

ivo-ns · 2023-08-17T09:37:11Z

Hey @bashonly. Your comment helped me until today. I see the same error:

C:\Users\johnl>yt-dlp -vU https://www.facebook.com/reel/330468142653876
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.facebook.com/reel/330468142653876']
[debug] User config "C:\Users\johnl\AppData\Roaming\yt-dlp\config.txt": ['-f', 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best', '-i', '-o', 'D:/Courses/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--no-mtime']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs utf-8, pref cp1251, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version nightly@2023.08.14.182926 [876b70c] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1k 25 Mar 2021)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-02-02-git-2367affc2c-full_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 2021-02-02-git-2367affc2c-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.18.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2023.07.22, mutagen-1.46.0, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-11.0.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1863 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
Available version: nightly@2023.08.14.182926, Current version: nightly@2023.08.14.182926
Current Build Hash: 7f7cdae9ae8c2706352e1ca2314642026bf5afeb6c20fb76ec3e79cbb5fc6256
yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@2023.08.14.182926)
[facebook:reel] Extracting URL: https://www.facebook.com/reel/330468142653876
[facebook] Extracting URL: https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=330468142653876&_rdr
[facebook] 330468142653876: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 330468142653876: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [facebook] 330468142653876: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 715, in extract
File "yt_dlp\extractor\facebook.py", line 733, in _real_extract
File "yt_dlp\extractor\facebook.py", line 680, in _extract_from_url

bashonly · 2023-08-17T10:59:58Z

#4311

FB extractor is currently compeletely broken

ivo-ns added site-bug Issue with a specific website triage Untriaged issue labels Jul 18, 2023

bashonly closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Jul 18, 2023

bashonly added duplicate This issue or pull request already exists and removed triage Untriaged issue labels Jul 18, 2023

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[Facebook] "Cannot parse data" when trying to download Facebook reel #7626

[Facebook] "Cannot parse data" when trying to download Facebook reel #7626

ivo-ns commented Jul 18, 2023

bashonly commented Jul 18, 2023 •

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ivo-ns commented Aug 17, 2023

bashonly commented Aug 17, 2023

[Facebook] "Cannot parse data" when trying to download Facebook reel #7626

[Facebook] "Cannot parse data" when trying to download Facebook reel #7626

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ivo-ns commented Jul 18, 2023

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Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

Complete Verbose Output

bashonly commented Jul 18, 2023 • edited

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