tubitv.com: Failed to parse JSON

[xHire]

$ youtube-dl -v https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/534797/s02_e01_meadow_lake
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/534797/s02_e01_meadow_lake']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.09.20
[debug] Python version 3.7.7 (CPython) - Linux-5.8.6-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-10510U_CPU_@_1.80GHz-with-gentoo-2.6
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.3, ffprobe 4.2.3, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 6.9.184.38 (US) as X-Forwarded-For.
[TubiTv] 534797: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: 534797: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)')); 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 "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 904, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/__init__.py", line 348, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 904, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/__init__.py", line 348, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 532, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/tubitv.py", line 62, in _real_extract
    'http://tubitv.com/oz/videos/%s/content' % video_id, video_id)
  File "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 897, in _download_json
    expected_status=expected_status)
  File "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 881, in _download_json_handle
    fatal=fatal), urlh
  File "/home/xhire/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 908, in _parse_json
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 534797: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)')); 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.

I tried several random URLs from tubitv.com, but all failed.

[TheGrimKeeper]

This link is working for me. Maybe it was a temporary problem with the website?

[xHire]

Hm, still doesn’t work for me… Can I somehow dump the data that it fails to parse as JSON? One possibility that comes to my mind is that the X-Forwarded-For doesn’t work and the website enforces its EU ban (in which case, youtube-dl could just inform me about it).