[gfycat] HTTP 404

[Br1ght0ne]

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.11.23
• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

What is the purpose of your issue?

• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-F', 'https://gfycat.com/finehalfcoral']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.23
[debug] Python version 3.6.6 (CPython) - Linux-4.19.1-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-2520M_CPU_@_2.50GHz-with-gentoo-2.6
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.6, ffprobe 3.3.6, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Gfycat] finehalfcoral: Downloading video info
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); 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.
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 532, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 642, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 564, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 756, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 532, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 642, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 570, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 650, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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Tested with https://gfycat.com/finehalfcoral (works in browser).

[Hrxn]

Yeah can reproduce here..

Scratch that.

PS D:\> youtube-dl --verbose --ignore-config 'https://gfycat.com/finehalfcoral'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--ignore-config', 'https://gfycat.com/finehalfcoral']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.23
[debug] Python version 3.7.1 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.2, ffprobe 4.0.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Gfycat] finehalfcoral: Downloading video info
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); 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.
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 531, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 641, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 563, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 755, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 531, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 641, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 569, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "c:\users\hrxn\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\urllib\request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

PS D:\>

Some (very recent) site change? Other gfycat links return the same error btw.

Edited:

Some other link started to work. This one is working again as well.
Some endpoint down on their behalf probably, but back up again it seems.

[Br1ght0ne]

Yes, it did. Probably their problem. Closing. Thank you!