PromptFile URL Parsing Error

[HatBeardMe]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

# youtube-dl http://www.promptfile.com/l/07247DA006-C77ED97278 --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'http://www.promptfile.com/l/07247DA006-C77ED97278', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.11.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-31-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[PromptFile] 07247DA006-C77ED97278: Downloading webpage
[PromptFile] 07247DA006-C77ED97278: Downloading video page
ERROR: Unable to extract 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 691, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 347, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/promptfile.py", line 43, in _real_extract
    url = self._html_search_regex(r'url:\s*\'([^\']+)\'', webpage, 'URL')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 659, 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 650, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract 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.

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: http://www.promptfile.com/l/9FD7EFDC80-D5AE30F56A
• And any others at PromtFile

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Have successfully used youtube-dl in the past to download from promptfile, but I cannot any longer. Not sure what version I was using before, it's been a while.
Other downloaders tried are failing to parse aspects of the page - so I imagine that PromptFile has tweaked the page a bit.

[OndrejIT]

#10751 fixed ;)

[HatBeardMe]

Hmm, still encountering errors on new version: (for science, I have tried the same video)

macbook-pro in ~
○ → youtube-dl --verbose http://www.promptfile.com/l/07247DA006-C77ED97278
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'http://www.promptfile.com/l/07247DA006-C77ED97278']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-14.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[PromptFile] 07247DA006-C77ED97278: Downloading webpage
[PromptFile] 07247DA006-C77ED97278: Downloading video page
ERROR: Unable to extract 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 694, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 355, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/promptfile.py", line 43, in _real_extract
    url = self._html_search_regex(r'url:\s*\'([^\']+)\'', webpage, 'URL')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 667, 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 658, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract 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.

[yan12125]

FYI: #10751 is not merged yet.

[OndrejIT]

#10751 Merged ;)