Broken site: trovo #25702

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opened 2026-02-21 13:55:22 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 13:55:22 -05:00

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Originally created by @iarspider on GitHub (Jan 30, 2023).

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I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
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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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://trovo.live/s/zigthehedge/549788782997?vid=ltv-108176016_108176016_243791578702667493']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.11.1 (CPython) - Linux-6.1.6-200.fc37.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.36
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.1.2, ffprobe 5.1.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Trovo] s: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known> (caused by URLError(gaierror(-2, 'Name or service not known')))
  File "/home/razumov/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/razumov/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 519, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 536, in _open
    result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/razumov/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 2735, in https_open
    return self.do_open(functools.partial(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 1351, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)

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Downloading from Trovo no longer works: extractor tries to access https://gql.trovo.live/, which no longer exists.

Originally created by @iarspider on GitHub (Jan 30, 2023).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** - [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  ``` [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://trovo.live/s/zigthehedge/549788782997?vid=ltv-108176016_108176016_243791578702667493'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Python version 3.11.1 (CPython) - Linux-6.1.6-200.fc37.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.36 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.1.2, ffprobe 5.1.2 [debug] Proxy map: {} [Trovo] s: Downloading JSON metadata ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: <urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known> (caused by URLError(gaierror(-2, 'Name or service not known'))) File "/home/razumov/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/razumov/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 519, in open response = self._open(req, data) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 536, in _open result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain result = func(*args) ^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/razumov/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 2735, in https_open return self.do_open(functools.partial( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 1351, in do_open raise URLError(err) ``` ## Description  Downloading from Trovo no longer works: extractor tries to access `https://gql.trovo.live/`, which no longer exists.

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2026-02-21 13:55:25 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2023):

This page is working in yt-dlp, presumably using the alternate API host https://api-web.trovo.live/graphql. However this isn't a drop-in; the different yt-dlp code needs to be back-ported.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2023): This page is working in yt-dlp, presumably using the alternate API host https://api-web.trovo.live/graphql. However this isn't a drop-in; the different yt-dlp code needs to be back-ported.

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