Cannot download some users #555

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opened 2026-02-20 23:07:10 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment
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Originally created by @ivan on GitHub (Mar 24, 2013).

$ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/citrinejing02"
[youtube] PL citrinejing02: Downloading page #1
ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

$ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/citrinejing02/videos"
[youtube] PL citrinejing02: Downloading page #1
ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

$ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/IIadamSACKSII"
[youtube] PL IIadamSACKSII: Downloading page #1
ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

$ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/IIadamSACKSII/videos"
[youtube] PL IIadamSACKSII: Downloading page #1
ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

I think the wrong regular expression is used and is hitting the wrong gdata API, but I have no idea why it still works for other users.

Originally created by @ivan on GitHub (Mar 24, 2013). ``` $ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/citrinejing02" [youtube] PL citrinejing02: Downloading page #1 ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found $ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/citrinejing02/videos" [youtube] PL citrinejing02: Downloading page #1 ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found $ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/IIadamSACKSII" [youtube] PL IIadamSACKSII: Downloading page #1 ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found $ python -m youtube_dl "https://www.youtube.com/user/IIadamSACKSII/videos" [youtube] PL IIadamSACKSII: Downloading page #1 ERROR: unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found ``` I think the wrong regular expression is used and is hitting the wrong gdata API, but I have no idea why it still works for other users.
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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2013):

Have you find a user that doesn't fail?

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2013): Have you find a user that doesn't fail?
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