ERROR Can't return videos

[DavidHenryThoreau]

The search can't return videos :

Version : Kodi 18.9 Invidious 0.5.3

log :

`2021-01-09 17:11:56.785 T:140646035723840 NOTICE: [plugin.video.invidious] request.url: https://invidio.us/api/v1/search?q=ls&region=US&type=video&page=1&sort_by=relevance 2021-01-09 17:11:57.146 T:140646035723840 ERROR: [plugin.video.invidious] service: error processing request: [JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)] 2021-01-09 17:11:57.714 T:140646395389504 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.invidious/?action=search&new=True&type=video 2021-01-09 17:11:57.715 T:140645750535744 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--

• NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS! Error Type: <class 'iapc.json_service.RequestError'> Error Contents: remote traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.iapc/lib/iapc/json_service.py", line 97, in execute response = {"result": method(*args, *kwargs)} File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/service.py", line 192, in query self.paths.get(key, key).format(args), kwargs File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/service.py", line 178, in get urljoin(self.url, path), timeout=self.timeout, params=kwargs File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.requests/lib/requests/sessions.py", line 546, in get return self.request('GET', url, kwargs) File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/service.py", line 102, in request result = response.json() File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.requests/lib/requests/models.py", line 897, in json return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/init.py", line 525, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/decoder.py", line 370, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/decoder.py", line 400, in raw_decode return self.scan_once(s, idx=_w(s, idx).end()) JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

                                      Traceback (most recent call last):
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/plugin.py", line 223, in <module>
                                          dispatch(*sys.argv)
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/plugin.py", line 219, in dispatch
                                          InvidiousPlugin(url, int(handle)).dispatch(**parseQuery(query))
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/plugin.py", line 33, in dispatch
                                          super(InvidiousPlugin, self).dispatch(**kwargs)
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/tools/plugin.py", line 68, in dispatch
                                          return action(**kwargs)
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/tools/plugin.py", line 29, in wrapper
                                          success = func(self, **kwargs)
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/plugin.py", line 201, in search
                                          return self._new_search(history=history, **kwargs)
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/plugin.py", line 189, in _new_search
                                          return self._search(query, **kwargs)
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/plugin.py", line 172, in _search
                                          client.search(query, **kwargs), kwargs["type"],
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/invidious/client.py", line 156, in search
                                          self._query("search", q=query, page=page, **kwargs),
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/invidious/client.py", line 46, in _query
                                          self.__client__.query(key, *args, **kwargs) or
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.iapc/lib/iapc/json_service.py", line 174, in __call__
                                          return Request(self.sender).execute((self.name, args, kwargs))
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.iapc/lib/iapc/json_service.py", line 153, in execute
                                          raise self.response
                                      RequestError: remote traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.iapc/lib/iapc/json_service.py", line 97, in execute
                                          response = {"result": method(*args, **kwargs)}
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/service.py", line 192, in query
                                          self.__paths__.get(key, key).format(*args), **kwargs
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/service.py", line 178, in __get__
                                          urljoin(self.__url__, path), timeout=self.__timeout__, params=kwargs
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.requests/lib/requests/sessions.py", line 546, in get
                                          return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.invidious/lib/service.py", line 102, in request
                                          result = response.json()
                                        File "/home/USER/.kodi/addons/script.module.requests/lib/requests/models.py", line 897, in json
                                          return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
                                        File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/__init__.py", line 525, in loads
                                          return _default_decoder.decode(s)
                                        File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/decoder.py", line 370, in decode
                                          obj, end = self.raw_decode(s)
                                        File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/decoder.py", line 400, in raw_decode
                                          return self.scan_once(s, idx=_w(s, idx).end())
                                      JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
  
                                      -->End of Python script error report<--

  2021-01-09 17:11:57.726 T:140647372338048 ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.video.invidious/?action=search&new=True&type=video) failed`

[lekma]

invidius.us is not an instance anymore. it is redirected to a warning page, that's why you're seeing this error. you should choose another instance.