facebook URL not working.

[bhtek]

[tpadmin@sng-mbdev-11 tmp]$ ./youtube-dl --verbose "https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=301506610028503"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=301506610028503']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.08.27.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.1 - Linux-3.10.46-1-MANJARO-x86_64-with-glibc2.3.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] video: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] video: Downloading webpage
[generic] video: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=301506610028503; 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/YoutubeDL.py", line 521, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 176, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 854, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=301506610028503; 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.

[geezee]

I provided a temp solution in the issue I filed

[phihag]

Thank you for the report. I believe this issue to be fixed in youtube-dl 2014.08.28. Type ./youtube-dl --update to update.

[bhtek]

Thanks! It worked! Amazing turn around time.

[umrashrf]

$  youtube-dl https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=274175099429670
[facebook] 274175099429670: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2014.09.12', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 427, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 417, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1065, in download
    self.extract_info(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 523, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 178, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py", line 134, in _real_extract
    if len(video_title) > 80 + 3:
TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

[phihag]

@umrashrf Your problem also contains the facebook extractor, but is different from the one reported here. Please open a new issue so that we can properly handle your problem. Don't worry, opening issues is free.

[umrashrf]

There you go #3757