"token" parameter not in video for unknown reason #18815

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opened 2026-02-21 10:18:05 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 10:18:05 -05:00

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Originally created by @7te on GitHub (Dec 13, 2019).

MacOS 10.14
I ran brew upgrade, brew update youtube-dl and retried all commands before posting.
Is this an issue with my ssl cache? I added -no-check-certificate based on other similar issues with no luck, and then added sudo as it looked like that worked for someone.

original command

youtube-dl www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=vme0O5kJgFs --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['www.youtube.com/watch?v=vme0O5kJgFs', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.20
[debug] Python version 3.6.3 - Darwin-18.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.1, ffprobe 4.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http
[youtube] vme0O5kJgFs: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:777)> (caused by URLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:777)'),))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 503, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2195, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 526, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 544, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1086, in https_open
    req, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1320, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)

using -no-check-certificate

ERROR: vme0O5kJgFs: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 434, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1613, in _real_extract
    video_id=video_id)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: vme0O5kJgFs: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

adding sudo

sudo youtube-dl www.youtube.com/watch\?v\-vme0OkJgFs --no-check-certificate --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['www.youtube.com/watch?v-vme0OkJgFs', '--no-check-certificate', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.20
[debug] Python version 3.6.3 - Darwin-18.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.1, ffprobe 4.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http
[generic] watch?v-vme0OkJgFs: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://www.youtube.com/
[generic] www.youtube: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] www.youtube: Downloading webpage
[generic] www.youtube: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.youtube.com/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 434, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3059, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.youtube.com/

Originally created by @7te on GitHub (Dec 13, 2019). MacOS 10.14 I ran brew upgrade, brew update youtube-dl and retried all commands before posting. Is this an issue with my ssl cache? I added -no-check-certificate based on other similar issues with no luck, and then added sudo as it looked like that worked for someone. ## original command ``` youtube-dl www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=vme0O5kJgFs --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['www.youtube.com/watch?v=vme0O5kJgFs', '--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.20 [debug] Python version 3.6.3 - Darwin-18.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.1, ffprobe 4.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} WARNING: The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http [youtube] vme0O5kJgFs: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:777)> (caused by URLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:777)'),)) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 503, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2195, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 526, in open response = self._open(req, data) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 544, in _open '_open', req) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1086, in https_open req, **kwargs) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1320, in do_open raise URLError(err) ``` ## using -no-check-certificate ``` ERROR: vme0O5kJgFs: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 434, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1613, in _real_extract video_id=video_id) youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: vme0O5kJgFs: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. ``` ## adding sudo ``` sudo youtube-dl www.youtube.com/watch\?v\-vme0OkJgFs --no-check-certificate --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['www.youtube.com/watch?v-vme0OkJgFs', '--no-check-certificate', '--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.20 [debug] Python version 3.6.3 - Darwin-18.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.1, ffprobe 4.2.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} WARNING: The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http [generic] watch?v-vme0OkJgFs: Requesting header [redirect] Following redirect to https://www.youtube.com/ [generic] www.youtube: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] www.youtube: Downloading webpage [generic] www.youtube: Extracting information ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.youtube.com/ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info ie_result = ie.extract(url) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 434, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3059, in _real_extract raise UnsupportedError(url) youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.youtube.com/ ```

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