ytsearch* does not work with --cookies

[Tatsh]

Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.01.31. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.01.31

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• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)

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$ ./bin/youtube-dl -i --no-progress --continue --cookies ~/.ytch-cookies.txt --dateafter $(date --date='2 days ago' +%Y%m%d) 'ytsearchall:space' --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--restrict-filenames', u'--no-overwrites', u'--embed-subs', u'--add-metadata', u'--netrc', u'--format', u'bestvideo[ext!=webm]+bestaudio[ext!=webm]/best[ext!=webm]/best', u'--merge-output-format', u'mp4', u'--prefer-ffmpeg', u'--output', u'%(title)s___src=%(extractor)s___id=%(id)s.%(ext)s', u'--embed-subs', u'--embed-thumbnail', u'--xattrs', u'--force-ipv4']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-i', u'--no-progress', u'--continue', u'--cookies', u'/home/tatsh/.ytch-cookies.txt', u'--dateafter', u'20170129', u'ytsearchall:space', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.28
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.9.6-gentoo-limelight-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-5930K_CPU_@_3.50GHz-with-gentoo-2.3
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.2, ffprobe 3.2.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: parsing .netrc: No authenticators for youtube (None, line None)
[youtube:search] query "space": Downloading page 1
ERROR: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError(1,)); 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 "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 359, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 2188, in _real_extract
    return self._get_n_results(query, self._MAX_RESULTS)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 2356, in _get_n_results
    html_content = data[1]['body']['content']
KeyError: 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 365, in extract
    raise ExtractorError('An extractor error has occurred.', cause=e)
ExtractorError: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError(1,)); 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.

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When I remove the --cookies argument, ytsearch and similar queries work. But I generally want to use cookies because of 2-factor authentication.

[Tatsh]

By the way, 2017.01.31 branch gives [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.28 still.

[yan12125]

By the way, 2017.01.31 branch gives [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.28 still.

$ youtube-dl -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.01.31
[debug] Git HEAD: 2b2d5d319
[debug] Python version 3.6.0 - Linux-4.9.5-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2.2, ffprobe 3.2.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

youtube-dl: error: You must provide at least one URL.
Type youtube-dl --help to see a list of all options.

Most likely there are multiple versions on your machine

[Tatsh]

Yes I fixed that and ensured I got the right version (from repository not system). Same error with 2017.01.31.

[yan12125]

The API used in youtube-dl (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=foobar&page=1&spf=navigate) does not work in browsers, either. I guess disabling cookies for this specific request will solve the problem.

[yan12125]

OK I've implemented the new search API in youtube-dl. ytsearch* will work with cookies in the next version.