yapfiles.ru - Unable to download JSON metadata #22794

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opened 2026-02-21 12:28:34 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 12:28:34 -05:00

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Originally created by @nightcat2005 on GitHub (Jan 29, 2021).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.01.24.1
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.yapfiles.ru/show/2501221/59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4.html
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.yapfiles.ru/show/2501221/59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.01.24.1
[debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Linux-5.7.0-0.bpo.2-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-10.7
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.6-1, ffprobe 4.1.6-1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4: Downloading webpage
[generic] 59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4: Extracting information
[download] Downloading playlist: Знакомо
[generic] playlist Знакомо: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 1
[YapFiles] hMDI1MDEyMjEt59ca: Downloading webpage
[YapFiles] hMDI1MDEyMjEt59ca: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 632, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2275, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 467, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 654, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

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youtube-dl no longer can successfully capture video from www.yapfiles.ru

Originally created by @nightcat2005 on GitHub (Jan 29, 2021).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.01.24.1** - [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log  ``` $ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.yapfiles.ru/show/2501221/59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4.html [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.yapfiles.ru/show/2501221/59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4.html'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.01.24.1 [debug] Python version 2.7.16 (CPython) - Linux-5.7.0-0.bpo.2-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-10.7 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1.6-1, ffprobe 4.1.6-1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [generic] 59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] 59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4: Downloading webpage [generic] 59ca2bed8f8ccb7eb8aee8c044c38aef.mp4: Extracting information [download] Downloading playlist: Знакомо [generic] playlist Знакомо: Collected 1 video ids (downloading 1 of them) [download] Downloading video 1 of 1 [YapFiles] hMDI1MDEyMjEt59ca: Downloading webpage [YapFiles] hMDI1MDEyMjEt59ca: Downloading JSON metadata ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 632, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2275, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 467, in error result = self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 654, in http_error_302 return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) ``` ## Description  youtube-dl no longer can successfully capture video from www.yapfiles.ru

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