Facebook URL

[RingoTheDog]

URL: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.cote.90/posts/10153188171507704

C:>youtube-dl -v https://www.facebook.com/michelle.cote.90/posts/10153188171507704
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.facebook.com/michelle.cote.90/pos
ts/10153188171507704']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.03.03.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.8 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-40824-g31dfe20
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 10153188171507704: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 10153188171507704: Downloading webpage
[generic] 10153188171507704: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.cote.90/posts/10153188
171507704
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\extractor\generic.pyo", line 775, in _real_extract
File "youtube_dl\utils.pyo", line 1506, in parse_xml
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.pyo", line 1300, in XML
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.pyo", line 1642, in feed
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.pyo", line 1506, in _raiseerror
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 31, column 3156
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 648, in extract_info
File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 275, in extract
File "youtube_dl\extractor\generic.pyo", line 1226, in _real_extract
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.cote.90/pos
ts/10153188171507704

(Similar result with HTTP:// as opposed to HTTPS://)

Thanks
Ringo

[naglis]

FWIW, if you click on/copy the link of the video or it's title on the post, you can get the video's URL which works fine with youtube-dl, in this case:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153188168547704&fref=nf

[RingoTheDog]

Similar example:

These URLs do not work (falls back to generic extractor)
https://www.facebook.com/ChristyClarkForBC/videos/10153870694020942/
https://www.facebook.com/ChristyClarkForBC/videos/vb.22819070941/10153870694020942/?type=2&theater

This URL does work (same video)
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153870694020942&fref=nf

[yan12125]

Thanks @RingoTheDog. Such URLs are directly supported by youtube-dl in the next version. Please open a new issue the next time. They are different issues.

[dstftw]

This has been fixed in youtube-dl 2015.04.26. See our FAQ if you have problems updating.