ard.py: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

[mehlis]

in current master 493987f:

$ ./youtube-dl "http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Dokumentarfilm-im-Ersten-Der-Banker-M/Das-Erste/Video?documentId=22663206"
[ARD] 22663206: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "./youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 766, in main
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 719, in _real_main
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 715, in download
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 348, in extract_info
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 125, in extract
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py", line 34, in _real_extract
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

[dstftw]

Post the full output you get when running with --verbose option.

[mrplinsky]

$ youtube-dl -F --verbose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcoqJCJlHbQ

Edit by @phihag: snip

[phihag]

@mrplinksy Your problem is unrelated to this one. Please post a new issue. Before you do, make sure you are using the latest version (2014.08.02 or newer).
It looks like you installed youtube-dl with a package manager (something like apt-get, or pip). You can use that package manager to update youtube-dl (you may need to contact the package maintainer though, and request an update). Alternatively, uninstall the youtube package and follow our manual installation instructions. From then on, you'll be able to update with sudo youtube-dl -U.

[phihag]

For what it's worth, this (the ARD) download works fine for me with youtube-dl 2014.08.02. The requested log with --verbose should tell us more about what's happening here.

[mrplinsky]

Hello! ...I tried to help :) I'll check the latetest version. Thank you!

[mrplinsky]

everything is ok with the latest version!

[mehlis]

updated to 548f31d

$ ./youtube-dl --verbose "http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Dokumentarfilm-im-Ersten-Der-Banker-M/Das-Erste/Video?documentId=22663206"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Dokumentarfilm-im-Ersten-Der-Banker-M/Das-Erste/Video?documentId=22663206']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Linux-3.14.13-100.fc19.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-19-Schrödinger’s_Cat
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ARD] 22663206: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "./youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 766, in main
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 719, in _real_main
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 715, in download
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 348, in extract_info
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 125, in extract
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py", line 34, in _real_extract
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

[dstftw]

You are still running an outdated version of youtube-dl according to:
[debug] youtube-dl version 2013.11.07
Please, follow our manual installation instructions to fetch the latest version. From then on, you'll be able to update with sudo youtube-dl -U.

[mehlis]

I was not aware of the problem, that it's not enough to update the git to get the newest version?!?

In the mean time ard.de decided to depublish the video, so at least a nice message should be displayed in youtube-dl....

[c@yellow youtube-dl] $ ./youtube-dl -U
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2014.08.05)
[c@yellow youtube-dl] $ ./youtube-dl --verbose "http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Dokumentarfilm-im-Ersten-Der-Banker-M/Das-Erste/Video?documentId=22663206"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Dokumentarfilm-im-Ersten-Der-Banker-M/Das-Erste/Video?documentId=22663206']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.05
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Linux-3.14.13-100.fc19.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-19-Schrödinger’s_Cat
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ARD] 22663206: Downloading webpage
[ARD] 22663206: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Failed to download JSON; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 314, in _download_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 338, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 365, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 383, in raw_decode
    raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 516, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 170, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py", line 90, in _real_extract
    'http://www.ardmediathek.de/play/media/%s' % video_id, video_id)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 316, in _download_json
    raise ExtractorError('Failed to download JSON', cause=ve)
ExtractorError: Failed to download JSON; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.