[grooveshark] Info dict cannot be converted to json

[jaimeMF]

The http_post_data field is a bytes object:

$ youtube-dl test:grooveshark --ignore-config --write-info-json --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['test:grooveshark', '--ignore-config', '--write-info-json', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.09.29.2
[debug] Git HEAD: f8fb4a7
[debug] Python version 3.4.1 - Darwin-13.4.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[TestURL] Test URL: http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Jolene+Tenth+Key+Remix+Ft+Will+Sessions/6SS1DW?src=5
[Grooveshark] 6SS1DW: Downloading player page
[Grooveshark] SWF Referer: http://grooveshark.com/static/JSQueue_20140923140621.swf
[Grooveshark] 6SS1DW: Downloading player bootstrap data
[Grooveshark] CommunicationToken: 593b5907599954833e68d3652787d0342933ab1f
[Grooveshark] Metadata URL: http://grooveshark.com/preload.php?hash=%2Fs%2FJolene%2BTenth%2BKey%2BRemix%2BFt%2BWill%2BSessions%2F6SS1DW&1412114443557
[Grooveshark] 6SS1DW: Downloading JSON metadata
[info] Writing video description metadata as JSON to: Jolene (Tenth Key Remix ft. Will Sessions)-6SS1DW.info.json
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "~/local/bin/youtube-dl", line 4, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 431, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 421, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1067, in download
    self.extract_info(url)
  File "youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 535, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 584, in process_ie_result
    extra_info=extra_info)
  File "youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 535, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 577, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 845, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 977, in process_info
    write_json_file(info_dict, encodeFilename(infofn))
  File "youtube_dl/utils.py", line 264, in write_json_file
    json.dump(obj, tf)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.1_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/json/__init__.py", line 178, in dump
    for chunk in iterable:
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.1_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/json/encoder.py", line 422, in _iterencode
    yield from _iterencode_dict(o, _current_indent_level)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.1_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/json/encoder.py", line 396, in _iterencode_dict
    yield from chunks
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.1_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/json/encoder.py", line 429, in _iterencode
    o = _default(o)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.1_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/json/encoder.py", line 173, in default
    raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable")
TypeError: b'streamKey=e126603b2ed99d0b0352c517ca5e40e1fa036d20_542b2f15_272c522_3c2766f_15122f2e3_1_0' is not JSON serializable

[pricejn2]

+1. Still occurring with most recent youtube-dl version

youtube-dl --verbose -o '~/%(title)s_%(id)s_%(extractor)s.%(ext)s' --dump-json 'http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Jolene+Tenth+Key+Remix+Ft+Will+Sessions/6SS1DW?src=5'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-o', '~/%(title)s_%(id)s_%(extractor)s.%(ext)s', '--dump-json', 'http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Jolene+Tenth+Key+Remix+Ft+Will+Sessions/6SS1DW?src=5']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.09
[debug] Python version 3.2.3 - Linux-3.14.32-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64-x86_64-with-Debian-7
[debug] exe versions: avconv 1.2.12, avprobe 1.2.12, ffmpeg 1.2.12, ffprobe 1.2.12, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2015.03.09', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 403, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 393, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1448, in download
    res = self.extract_info(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 660, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 706, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1149, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1255, in process_info
    self.to_stdout(json.dumps(info_dict))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/json/__init__.py", line 226, in dumps
    return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 187, in encode
    chunks = self.iterencode(o, _one_shot=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 245, in iterencode
    return _iterencode(o, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/json/encoder.py", line 169, in default
    raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable")
TypeError: b'streamKey=c2eea2a411cb5d792ab4a48f52d1eadf82d3340f_5500473e_272c522_3c2766f_1800aa006_1_0' is not JSON serializable

[yan12125]

Unfortunately Grooveshark was shut down yesterday. See the announcement at http://grooveshark.com/. Closing.