Viki.com not working #24951

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opened 2026-02-21 12:17:08 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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Originally created by @Danilo016 on GitHub (Feb 3, 2022).

Youtube-DL (and -DLP) used to work for Viki.com until a few days ago.

Verbose log from Youtube-DL:
[debug] System config: [][debug] User config: [][debug] Custom config: [][debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--cookies', 'viki.txt', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.viki.com/videos/1127339v'][debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2022-01-13-git-c936c319bd-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev[debug] Proxy map: {}[viki] Logging inERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 634, in _request_webpageFile "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopenFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in openFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_responseFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in errorFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chainFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

Verbose log from Youtube-DLP:
[debug] Command-line config: ['--verbose', '--cookies', 'viki.txt', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.viki.com/videos/1127339v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, err utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 [f20d607] (win_exe)
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19042-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2022-01-13-git-c936c319bd-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev (setts)
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[viki] Logging in
WARNING: [viki] Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
WARNING: [viki] Login Failed: Unable to get session token
[debug] [viki] Extracting URL: https://www.viki.com/videos/1127339v
[viki] 1127339v: Downloading video JSON
[viki] 1127339v: Downloading video streams JSON
ERROR: [viki] 1127339v: viki said: Bad request
File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 612, in extract
File "yt_dlp\extractor\viki.py", line 255, in _real_extract
File "yt_dlp\extractor\viki.py", line 78, in _call_api
File "yt_dlp\extractor\viki.py", line 86, in _raise_error

Originally created by @Danilo016 on GitHub (Feb 3, 2022). Youtube-DL (and -DLP) used to work for Viki.com until a few days ago. Verbose log from Youtube-DL: [debug] System config: [][debug] User config: [][debug] Custom config: [][debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--cookies', 'viki.txt', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.viki.com/videos/1127339v'][debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2022-01-13-git-c936c319bd-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev[debug] Proxy map: {}[viki] Logging inERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (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 "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 634, in _request_webpageFile "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpupik7c6w\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopenFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in openFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_responseFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in errorFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chainFile "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default Verbose log from Youtube-DLP: [debug] Command-line config: ['--verbose', '--cookies', 'viki.txt', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.viki.com/videos/1127339v'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, err utf-8, pref cp1252 [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 [f20d607] (win_exe) [debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19042-SP0 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2022-01-13-git-c936c319bd-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev (setts) [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, mutagen, sqlite, websockets [debug] Proxy map: {} [viki] Logging in WARNING: [viki] Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found WARNING: [viki] Login Failed: Unable to get session token [debug] [viki] Extracting URL: https://www.viki.com/videos/1127339v [viki] 1127339v: Downloading video JSON [viki] 1127339v: Downloading video streams JSON ERROR: [viki] 1127339v: viki said: Bad request File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 612, in extract File "yt_dlp\extractor\viki.py", line 255, in _real_extract File "yt_dlp\extractor\viki.py", line 78, in _call_api File "yt_dlp\extractor\viki.py", line 86, in _raise_error

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