Vimeo Password protected videos RegexNotFoundError

[someziggyman]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
• I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

./youtube-dl --verbose -F https://vimeo.com/showcase/6733390/video/389861851
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'-F', u'https://vimeo.com/showcase/6733390/video/389861851']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 389861851: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 389861851: Extracting information
ERROR: Unable to extract info section (caused by RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract \x1b[0;34minfo section\x1b[0m; 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.',)); 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/extractor/vimeo.py", line 656, in _real_extract
    flags=re.DOTALL)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract info section; 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 797, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 670, in _real_extract
    cause=e)
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section (caused by RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract \x1b[0;34minfo section\x1b[0m; 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.',)); 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.

Description

Regular videos download just fine. Password protected are giving Regex error. Will DM a password to that video in case needed. Using the latest version of YT-dl with Python 2.7

[remitamine]

you did not pass the password to the command in the first place.

[someziggyman]

OK, my bad. Pasted the password with --video-password the log is pretty much the same.

./youtube-dl --verbose --video-password XXXXX -F https://vimeo.com/showcase/6733390/video/389861851
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE', u'-F', u'https://vimeo.com/showcase/6733390/video/389861851']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 389861851: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 389861851: Extracting information
ERROR: Unable to extract info section (caused by RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract \x1b[0;34minfo section\x1b[0m; 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.',)); 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/extractor/vimeo.py", line 656, in _real_extract
flags=re.DOTALL)
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1005, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract info section; 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 797, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 530, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 670, in _real_extract
cause=e)
ExtractorError: Unable to extract info section (caused by RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract \x1b[0;34minfo section\x1b[0m; 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.',)); 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]

if the URL is not accessible to a developer, there is no way to fix the problem.

[someziggyman]

Where can I send you a password? It's not mine, so I can not share it for everyone to see.

[remitamine]

you can find my email address in my profile.

[someziggyman]

Sent. Thank you so much for everything you do and apologies for the confusion!

[someziggyman]

Will this fix be reimplemented into the next version of youtube-dl? Any specific reason, why has it been reverted? Just curious.

[remitamine]

it has caused a regression #24338, a proper fix would require more changes.