[PornHub] Title Cannot Be Extracted

[MyPersonalKov]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--download-archive', 'C:/Users/gpjaz/Documents/youtube-dl/p_downloads.txt', 'https://www.pornhub.com/users/tweetney/videos/public', '--verbose', '--dump-pages']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.08.04
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91141-gc24d247e2c, ffprobe N-91141-gc24d247e2c
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[PornHubUserVideos] tweetney: Downloading page 2
[download] Downloading playlist: tweetney
[PornHubUserVideos] playlist tweetney: Collected 13 video ids (downloading 13 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 13
[PornHub] ph5b5d6ea592d2a: Downloading pc webpage
[PornHub] Dumping request to http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5b5d6ea592d2a
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
ERROR: Unable to extract title; 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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpckoq891b\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpckoq891b\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 502, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpckoq891b\build\youtube_dl\extractor\pornhub.py", line 164, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpckoq891b\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 972, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

When trying to download videos based on Pornhub User, an exception is thrown stating that the title cannot be extracted. I have upgraded to the latest version and tested again. The problem still stands. This problem also occurs when using the -a flag for batch files.

[MyPersonalKov]

Updated issue with --dump-pages.

[fluver]

looks like pH added some javascript which needs to be executed before the "real" page is loaded.
replacing

        def dl_webpage(platform):
            self._set_cookie('pornhub.com', 'platform', platform)
            return self._download_webpage(
                'http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=%s' % video_id,
                video_id, 'Downloading %s webpage' % platform)

        webpage = dl_webpage('pc')

in pornhub.py
with a javascript enabled webscraper like selenium+chrome solves the problem

        from selenium import webdriver
        driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        driver.get('http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=%s' % video_id)
        webpage = driver.page_source

dont know if a dependency on selenium and a "big" webdriver is what you want...

[MyPersonalKov]

What's strange is that if I download the videos directly, it works. It would seem like I'm only getting this when I either try to use a batch file or pull the videos from the user profile.

[mjolnir870]

The new javascript before the "real" page load doesn't always seem to be there. Sometimes pages load without it for me.

[RCcola1987]

I'm seeing something similar. When trying to download all videos from a user's public videos for example:
if they have 500 videos ytdl will see the correct number of vids to pull but will fail on 80-90% of them with the title extract error caused by the javascript. whats even more interesting if you run the same command again it will fail on different videos. so in effect, you CAN get all the videos but it can take hundreds of runs to get all of them.

[MyPersonalKov]

Yeah. I think it gave back 13 video IDs. I think I was able to get 3 videos. 80-90% seems accurate.

[PriyankVashiar]

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5bcc729418e44']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.31
[debug] Python version 3.6.5 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-43-generic-x86_64-with-debian-buster-sid
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, ffprobe 3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[PornHub] ph5bcc729418e44: Downloading pc webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract title; 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 "/home/priyank/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 793, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/home/priyank/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/home/priyank/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py", line 171, in _real_extract
webpage, 'title', group='title')
File "/home/priyank/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 983, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract title; 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.

[dstftw]

Duplicate of #5930.