[udemy] ERROR: Unable to extract course id

[marekchowaniok]

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ERROR: Unable to extract course id;

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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 ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'-o', u'./%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s-%(chapter)s/%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'https://www.udemy.com/7-scientifically-proven-steps-to-increase-your-influence/learn/lecture/1088308#overview', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale utf-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref utf-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-18.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.2, ffprobe 4.1.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
[udemy:course] Logging in
[udemy:course] 7-scientifically-proven-steps-to-increase-your-influence: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract course id; 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/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/udemy.py", line 439, in _real_extract
    course_id, title = self._extract_course_info(webpage, course_path)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/udemy.py", line 79, in _extract_course_info
    r'data-course-id=["\'](\d+)', webpage, 'course id')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1004, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract course id; 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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[javacake]

I receive the same error. I think Udemy has new user interface for new accounts. I have two accounts and the newer account has different UI then what I see in my older account.

[ajaikumarnadarsb]

I'm facing same issue here...

youtube-dl --verbose -u email@domain.com -p pass -o "./%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s/%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s" https://www.udemy.com/complete-python-bootcamp/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'-o', u'./%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s/%(autonumber)03d-%(title)s.%(ext)s', u'https://www.udemy.com/complete-python-bootcamp/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.03.09
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
[udemy:course] Logging in
[udemy:course] complete-python-bootcamp: Downloading webpage
[udemy:course] 567828: Downloading course curriculum
[download] Downloading playlist: 567828
[udemy:course] playlist 567828: Collected 167 video ids (downloading 167 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 167
[udemy] Downloading login popup
[udemy] 3421822: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract course 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 794, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 522, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\udemy.py", line 216, in _real_extract
course_id, _ = self._extract_course_info(webpage, lecture_id)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\udemy.py", line 79, in _extract_course_info
r'data-course-id="'', webpage, 'course id')
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 997, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract course 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.