National Geographic has changed their url, youtube-dl cannot detect the new link

[scopolamine1401]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--write-sub', '--cookies', 'C:\\Users\\minhd\\Desktop\\cookes.txt', '-v', 'https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.10.05
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91865-g404d21f486, ffprobe N-91865-g404d21f486
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52: Downloading webpage
[generic] b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp5xdqinp2\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp5xdqinp2\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 507, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp5xdqinp2\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 3298, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52/
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<end of log>

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52/
Above is the link of the video I want to download. However, when I try to use youtube-dl, it says "ERROR: Unsupported URL"

Thank you so much

[Bstark07]

When you try and play the video url: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/b8dab72a633e5ce69d541247248cde52/

Do you get a geolocking error such as not available in this region?

[ghost]

I have the same issue and I do get the following error:
Geographic Restriction
This content is not available in your location.

[scopolamine1401]

No, I live in US so that I can watch that video without VPN. No geolocking error

[tv21]

Bstark07 you are misinterpreting the FAQ. That only applies to sites that steal other people's content and offer it illegally. In this case the content is offered on NG's own site, and they are legally allowed to distribute their own content.

Also there is already an extractor for this service, it just stopped working due to a change in format. Its site is now using a format similar to that used by fox.com, so my guess is that the extractor that works for that site could probably be easily modified to work with NG by someone who knows what they are doing.

[tv21]

This and #18325 appear to be the exact same issue, if you can fix it for one you can probably use the same approach to fix the other.

[dnlzzxz]

Same problem here. Says "unsupported URL".

[dnlzzxz]

Help? Someone? =/

[dnlzzxz]

I can provide login credentials if needed..

[ParadoxGBB]

I just confirmed by merging the above changelist that I was able to grab "Valley of the Boom". Thanks, @remitamine!

[msgongora]

@remitamine This is still happening with 96c186e

youtube-dl -v  --ap-mso Comcast_SSO --ap-username PRIVATE --ap-password PRIVATE "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/0a9a2ad6ee724495963ff14aee027df0"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--ap-mso', u'Comcast_SSO', u'--ap-username', u'PRIVATE', u'--ap-password', u'PRIVATE', u'https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/0a9a2ad6ee724495963ff14aee027df0']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Darwin-18.2.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1, ffprobe 4.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[FOX] 0a9a2ad6ee724495963ff14aee027df0: Downloading JSON metadata
[FOX] 0a9a2ad6ee724495963ff14aee027df0: Downloading Provider Redirect Page
ERROR: Unable to extract post 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 "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 793, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/fox.py", line 93, in _real_extract
    url, video_id, 'fbc-fox', resource)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/adobepass.py", line 1448, in _extract_mvpd_auth
    self._DOWNLOADING_LOGIN_PAGE)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/adobepass.py", line 1360, in post_form
    post_url = self._html_search_regex(r'<form[^>]+action=(["\'])(?P<url>.+?)\1', form_page, 'post url', group='url')
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 992, in _html_search_regex
    res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags, group)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 983, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract post 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.

[remitamine]

@msgongora #11257.