AttributeError: HTTPSConnectionV3 instance has no attribute '_tunnel_host'

[lacostenycoder]

I have the latest version 3.3.3 of python and 11.29.2013 build of youtube-dl.

downloaded from command line in OSX 10.6.8.

why is this not working?

thanks

[jaimeMF]

Please post the full output when running youtube-dl WRITE_THE_URL_HERE --verbose.

[canamcy]

I always run verbose, but editing on my Android screen is difficult. I also have a log file, but doesn't always work depending on how ytdl exits.

[lacostenycoder]

debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['www.youtube.com/embed/qZ2pb6BljLk', '--verbose']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.29
[debug] Python version 2.6.1 - Darwin-10.8.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Setting language
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/runpy.py", line 121, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/runpy.py", line 34, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 18, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 694, in main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 684, in _real_main
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 805, in download
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 428, in extract_info
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 130, in extract
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 125, in initialize
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 133, in _real_initialize
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 56, in _set_language
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 124, in urlopen
return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 383, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 401, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 361, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 561, in https_open
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 1113, in do_open
h.request(req.get_method(), req.get_selector(), req.data, headers)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 874, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 911, in _send_request
self.endheaders()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 868, in endheaders
self._send_output()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 740, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 699, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 551, in connect
AttributeError: HTTPSConnectionV3 instance has no attribute '_tunnel_host'

[xubuntu4iran]

Try this:
youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ2pb6BljLk

[lacostenycoder]

I did, I get the same errors.

[lacostenycoder]

It must have something to do with that I'm on OSX10.6.8. I thought I needed to install python 3.3.3 which I had done before trying to install and run the program. I was able to use it fine on ubuntunu under vbox. any insights into why it won't work on the mac side?

[jaimeMF]

It works fine on OSX 10.7 with python 2.6.7. You may have installed python 3.3, but youtube-dl is not picking it (it uses 2.6.1), because it uses the shebang #!/usr/bin/env python. You can download the source and run make youtube-dl PYTHON="/usr/bin/env python3" to get an executable that uses it, or put a symlink to the python3 executable as python at the start of your PATH. Another option is to use python 2.7 (is it installed by default on OSX?), which may not have that problem.

[lacostenycoder]

@jaimeMF thanks, and forgive my newbie questions. I downloaded source, when I try to use make youtube-dl PYTHON="/usr/bin/env python3" I get the response: make: `youtube-dl' is up to date. I tried to putting this file in /usr/bin/ and running it, i still get the same errors. I'm not sure if I'm using make correctly. Thanks for your help.

[lacostenycoder]

@jaimeMF Actually I kept plugging away and finally was able to get it working! Thanks again for your help!

[jaimeMF]

OK, the 'youtube-dl' is up to date.' message is because there's a [legacy youtube-dl file](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube-dl), you can safely remove it and runmakeagain. If you want to be able to use the autoupdate system, you'll have to make sure that the version ofpython` is higher than yours (2.6.7 seems to be enough).

[xubuntu4iran]

I suggest you to install python 2.7.6
http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/python-2.7.6-macosx10.6.dmg

[jaimeMF]

I'll close it as a duplicate of #1860, as prevoiously said, newer versions of python seem too work, just remember to verify they are actually being used by youtube-dl (see the [debug] Python version 2.6.1 - Darwin-10.8.0-x86_64-i386-64bit line).
Thanks for the report.