[dw:article] extractor bug

[lemmy04]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'-o', u'%(title)s.%(ext)s']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.dw.com/en/in-1968-warsaw-pact-troops-suppressed-the-prague-spring/a-45138213']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.08.04
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.4.143-65-default-x86_64-with-SuSE-42.3-x86_64
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.4, ffprobe 3.4.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[dw:article] 45138213: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract media 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/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 502, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/dw.py", line 106, in _real_extract
    media_path = self._search_regex(r'href="([^"]+av-%s)"\s+class="overlayLink"' % media_id, webpage, 'media url')
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 972, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract media 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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dw.com stopped working again, according to past issues that site was supported at least twice.

[bato3]

@lemmy04 plaese change title to [dw:article] extractor bug or similar. DW has extractor, but it is borken now

[lemmy04]

done.

[jorgesumle]

Using version 2020.07.28:

youtube-dl https://www.dw.com/de/nordkorea-lehnt-auslandshilfe-ab/a-54592149
[dw:article] 54592149: Downloading webpage
ERROR: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('media_id')); 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.