Error: local variable 'check_cookie_url' referenced before assignment #13822

lmurgatroyd · 2017-08-04T14:38:01Z

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL', u'--yes-playlist', u'--password', u'PRIVATE', u'--username', u'PRIVATE', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.07.30.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 - Linux-4.4.0-87-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:watchlater] Downloading login page
[youtube:watchlater] Looking up account info
[youtube:watchlater] Logging in
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1956, in download
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 432, in extract
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 390, in initialize
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 2164, in _real_initialize
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 232, in _login
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'check_cookie_url' referenced before assignment

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):

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL

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After updating to the latest version of youtube-dl (2017.07.30.1), it appears logging in to YouTube no longer functions when downloading playlists or videos.

dstftw · 2017-08-04T14:43:18Z

Post the output with --dump-pages.

jzoldak · 2017-09-05T16:37:38Z

I've also encountered this issue. Putting a breakpoint here in the _login method shows my tfa_str value is u'LOGIN_CHALLENGE', which is never handled in code. Looks like that's where the bug/assumption is.

dstftw · 2017-09-05T16:41:38Z

Post the output with --dump-pages.

jzoldak · 2017-09-05T20:10:12Z

Unfortunately I fixed my account so that it's no longer in that state, so I can't --dump-pages at this point.

Here's a link to google's documentation on the "Login Challenge" feature.

For anyone looking for a workaround: sign into google, go to the security page of your account settings, look at device activity & security events, then review devices for sign-in events and approve the one of an "Unknown device" type from your IP address.

yan12125 · 2017-09-28T09:58:27Z

This occurs in one of my account with a recovery email but no 2FA setting (SMS, TOTP, Google Prompt, ...), I got the following tfa string:

[None, None, 'LOGIN_CHALLENGE', 4, None, 'INITIALIZED', None, None, 12, 7, None, None, None, None, None, None, '<hidden>@gmail.com', 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XdUIqdMkCWA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/ACnBePbY3BvTotR_VHeY8umZxC3C5mtuxQ/mo/photo.jpg', None, None, None, None, [], {'1027': ['yan••••••••@hot••••.•••.••'], '5028': []}]

On the webpage, it displays yan••••••••@hot••••.•••.•• and asks me the recovery mail.

montanaflynn · 2017-11-09T23:46:12Z

@dstftw here is verbose output with --dump-pages:

Same command works locally on my mac but errors on a production linux machine.

root@private-youtube-proxy-1711487875-7tn1t:/# youtube-dl --verbose --dump-pages -j -f 18 -u "REDACTED" -p "REDACTED" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qqcq2qlf3s"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--dump-pages', u'-j', u'-f', u'18', u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qqcq2qlf3s']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.11.06
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-4.4.70+-x86_64-with-debian-7.11
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.3-static, ffprobe 3.3.3-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in main
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 455, in _real_main
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1985, in download
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 436, in extract
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 394, in initialize
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 258, in _real_initialize
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 233, in _login
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'check_cookie_url' referenced before assignment

montanaflynn · 2017-11-09T23:51:08Z

Sometimes I get the error above and other times on the same machine I get this:

root@private-youtube-proxy-1711487875-7tn1t:/# youtube-dl --verbose --dump-pages -j -f 18 -u "REDACTED" -p "REDACTED" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qqcq2qlf3s"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--dump-pages', u'-j', u'-f', u'18', u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qqcq2qlf3s']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.11.06
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-4.4.70+-x86_64-with-debian-7.11
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.3-static, ffprobe 3.3.3-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Unable to login: Invalid password
ERROR: 6Qqcq2qlf3s: YouTube said: Please sign in to view this video.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 437, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1609, in _real_extract
    expected=True, video_id=video_id)
ExtractorError: 6Qqcq2qlf3s: YouTube said: Please sign in to view this video.

I am using the same command and username / password on my mac when it works.

jikamens · 2017-12-04T15:23:57Z

Output of youtube-dl -u '[elided]' -p '[elided]' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xywNeumntoE' --dump-pages &> /tmp/youtube-dl-output.txt.

I don't know if my login password is embedded in this output, but just in case, I've already changed it.

youtube-dl-output.txt

misaka00251 · 2017-12-09T13:39:07Z

Same issue here.
Full Debug

theblixguy · 2017-12-20T20:54:53Z

Same issue, @rg3 any updates on a fix?

rg3 · 2017-12-21T13:06:50Z

Stepped down as the maintainer years ago. Pinging @dstftw instead.

dstftw added the cant-reproduce label Aug 4, 2017

lmurgatroyd closed this Aug 10, 2017

adil9 mentioned this issue Aug 24, 2017

Not able to download private videos on EC2 instance using authentication. #14014

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yan12125 reopened this Sep 28, 2017

yan12125 added bug and removed cant-reproduce labels Sep 28, 2017

yan12125 mentioned this issue Sep 28, 2017

Can't download YouTube subscriptions videos on Android QPython with Python 3.2 #13179

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dstftw closed this in 9a6628a Jul 4, 2018

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Error: local variable 'check_cookie_url' referenced before assignment #13822

Error: local variable 'check_cookie_url' referenced before assignment #13822

lmurgatroyd commented Aug 4, 2017 •

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dstftw commented Aug 4, 2017

jzoldak commented Sep 5, 2017

dstftw commented Sep 5, 2017

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Error: local variable 'check_cookie_url' referenced before assignment #13822

Error: local variable 'check_cookie_url' referenced before assignment #13822

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lmurgatroyd commented Aug 4, 2017 • edited

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.07.30.1. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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dstftw commented Aug 4, 2017

jzoldak commented Sep 5, 2017

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jzoldak commented Sep 5, 2017

yan12125 commented Sep 28, 2017

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lmurgatroyd commented Aug 4, 2017 •

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is 2017.07.30.1. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.