500 error while trying to download JSON metadata on a soundcloud file.

[maeln]

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

maeln@maeln:~$ youtube-dl -v -x "https://soundcloud.com/voyageaucentredelatech/voyage-au-centre-de-la-tech-s01e02-emission-complete"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-x', 'https://soundcloud.com/voyageaucentredelatech/voyage-au-centre-de-la-tech-s01e02-emission-complete']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.03
[debug] Python version 3.5.3 (CPython) - Linux-4.9.0-6-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.6
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[soundcloud] voyageaucentredelatech/voyage-au-centre-de-la-tech-s01e02-emission-complete: Resolving id
[soundcloud] voyageaucentredelatech/voyage-au-centre-de-la-tech-s01e02-emission-complete: Downloading info JSON
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error (caused by <HTTPError 500: 'Internal Server Error'>); 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/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 472, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 582, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 510, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 444, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 590, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Trying to download any file for soundcloud result in an HTTP error 500 when trying to download the JSON metadata.

• This issue has been successfully replicated with different music from soundcloud.
• This issue has been successfully replicated when using the -x flag or not

This issue might be related to a temporary soundcloud server issue and not youtube-dl. Due to this, I will periodically run the command again and update the issue depending on the result. I would ne interested in knowing if someone is able to replicate the issue.

[maeln]

Switching internet connection fixed the issue. It seems to be related to my ISP (OVH).