Pytube: KeyError: 'assets'

[SnoopiACK]

python 3.8
pytube.__version__ ---> '9.6.4'

ERROR:

File "C:\Users........\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pytube\extract.py", line 143, in js_url
base_js = get_ytplayer_config(html)["assets"]["js"]

KeyError: 'assets'

[StarkGang]

same problem here

[AhmedSobhy01]

having same issue

[Bavop]

Same issue here

[eneshazr]

It seems that we all have the same problem :)

[giotsere]

This error happens sometimes,sometimes it does not. :|

[tfdahlin]

Looking into a fix for this now

[tfdahlin]

This seems to be an issue with YouTube returning incomplete responses some of the time.

Example successful response:

Example unsuccessful response:

Not 100% sure this is something we can fix on the pytube side since this is extracted directly from the page HTML, but I'm going to look into it a bit more.

[VictorJosso]

This error happens sometimes,sometimes it does not. :|

Same here

[a-czyrny]

I would recommend to throw a usefull exception to let the user implement a solution.

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This error happens sometimes,sometimes it does not. :|

Same here

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[tfdahlin]

I found a solution for this particular KeyError problem, but it looks like the problem goes a bit deeper than just this part of the code. Working on something more robust right now.

[SnoopiACK]

I found a solution for this particular KeyError problem, but it looks like the problem goes a bit deeper than just this part of the code. Working on something more robust right now.

Good look, keep us updated

[tfdahlin]

It might be a little while before this gets merged, so consider checking out my forked branch to test if it works for you -- I'm no longer running into problems with it, but would appreciate additional eyes with more use cases.

[AghnatHs]

same issue here,sometimes work sometimes dont,

[lcmeyer37]

Thank you @tfdahlin!

[ElZanaorio]

Where can we see the "beta solution" for this problem? I want to try it myself if you say its fixed for you @tfdahlin so I can give feedback. Thanks for all the effort.

[tfdahlin]

@ElZanaorio the solution actually just got merged into this repo, so you should be able to give it a go with this repository now.

@RONNCC can you close this issue? It was solved by https://github.com/nficano/pytube/pull/767

[RONNCC]

Fixed by #767

[Fixazo]

Thanks for the fix !!

[tommeuh]

Thannnnks <3

[rajkarthy]

Quick fix, change (Alternate solution)

def js_url(html: str) -> str:
   base_js = re.search("\/s\/player.*\/base\.js", html).group()
   return "https://youtube.com" + base_js

[RONNCC]

@rajkarthy what is the context?

[tfdahlin]

@RONNCC I think @rajkarthy is offering another solution to the one that got merged, and didn't realize this issue was already fixed

[rajkarthy]

@RONNCC @tfdahlin Yes its an alternative with a small change

[RONNCC]

@rajkarthy feel free to submit a PR if there is benefit :)

[klaymond]

Is this already on Pypi? I just pip installed latest version and I am still getting the issue. Do I have to build from source?

[tfdahlin]

@klaymond this is not on pypi currently, and I believe the pypi package is broken. We're trying to get the repo owner to update the pypi package, but in the meantime, you can use python -m pip install git+https://github.com/nficano/pytube to install the most up-to-date version.

[klaymond]

Thanks!

[RONNCC]

@klaymond I just managed to update PyPi (wasn't working before) -- should work now