imdb : HTTP Error 405: Method Not Allowed

[Arnaud69]

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Hello !
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-f', u'mp4/best', u'--no-cache-dir', u'http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2694906137?ref_=nmvi_vi_imdb_1', u'-o', u'93f24789e7593dfe6aed7ff1e74ef3c8.tmp']
[debug] Encodings: locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, fs ANSI_X3.4-1968, out None, pref ANSI_X3.4-1968
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.05.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-2.6.38.2-grsec-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64-x86_64-with-debian-7.9
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-53408-ga3659ca-static, ffprobe N-53408-ga3659ca-static, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2694906137?ref_=nmvi_vi_imdb_1: HTTP Error 405: Method Not Allowed
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2694906137?ref_=nmvi_vi_imdb_1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 1393, in _real_extract
doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 280, in compat_etree_fromstring
doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=etree.TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory)))
File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 269, in _XML
parser.feed(text)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1643, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1507, in _raiseerror
raise err
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 95, column 88
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 676, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 341, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2063, in _real_extract
raise UnsupportedError(url)

UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2694906137?ref_=nmvi_vi_imdb_1

same with httpS://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2694906137?ref_=nmvi_vi_imdb_1

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.05.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...
<end of log>

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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[Arnaud69]

line 15 in extractor :
_VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www|m).imdb.com/video/imdb/vi(?P\d+)'
Should be :
_VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www|m).imdb.com/video/(?imdb|screenplay)/vi(?P\d+)'

And so, change screenplay by imdb... Maybe ? Or not !

[Arnaud69]

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi295043353?ref_=tt_ov_vi
and
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi295043353?ref_=tt_ov_vi
are the same page.

[Arnaud69]

pr open : #9481