[Pluralsight] Failed to parse JSON (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)'))

tathyakapadia commented 3 years ago

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[x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
[x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[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 bug reports including closed ones
[x] I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '--verbose', '-o', '/home/tathyak/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)02d - %(chapter)s/%(playlist_index)02d - %(title)s.%(ext)s', '--sleep-interval', '35', '--max-sleep-interval', '120', '--sub-lang', 'en', '--sub-format', 'srt', '--write-sub']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.8.0 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-143-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.27
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
WARNING: Long argument string detected. Use -- to separate parameters and URLs, like this:
youtube-dl --username tathya**@****.com --password **** --verbose -o '/home/tathyak/%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)02d - %(chapter)s/%(playlist_index)02d - %(title)s.%(ext)s' --sleep-interval 35 --max-sleep-interval 120 --sub-lang en --sub-format srt -- --write-sub

Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

youtube-dl: error: You must provide at least one URL.
Type youtube-dl --help to see a list of all options.
[pluralsight:course] implement-time-series-analysis-forecasting-prediction-tensorflow-2: Downloading JSON metadata
[download] Downloading playlist: Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0
[pluralsight:course] playlist Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0: Collected 29 video ids (downloading 29 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 29
[pluralsight] Downloading login page
[pluralsight] Logging in
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Waiting for 8 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/01 - Course Overview/01 - Course Overview.en.srt
[download] Sleeping 36.53 seconds...
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[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-0: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-0: Waiting for 7 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-0: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/02 - Understanding Time Series Data/02 - Introduction.en.srt
[download] Sleeping 89.63 seconds...
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[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-1: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-1: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-1: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-1: Waiting for 7 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-1: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/02 - Understanding Time Series Data/03 - What Is a Time Series.en.srt
[download] Sleeping 54.18 seconds...
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[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-2: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-2: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-2: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-2: Waiting for 5 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-2: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/02 - Understanding Time Series Data/04 - Evaluation Metrics.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-3: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-3: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-3: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-3: Waiting for 5 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-3: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/02 - Understanding Time Series Data/05 - Using a Hold Out.en.srt
[download] Sleeping 86.94 seconds...
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[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-4: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-4: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-4: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-4: Waiting for 7 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-4: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/02 - Understanding Time Series Data/06 - Load Data.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-5: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-5: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-5: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-5: Waiting for 5 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 49cea191-f967-4991-8af7-53b410d0a573-5: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/02 - Understanding Time Series Data/07 - Basic Time Series Windows.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-0: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-0: Waiting for 9 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-0: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/08 - Introduction.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-1: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-1: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-1: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-1: Waiting for 10 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-1: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/09 - Data Preparation.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-2: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-2: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-2: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-2: Waiting for 5 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-2: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/10 - Split Data.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-3: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-3: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-3: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-3: Waiting for 6 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-3: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/11 - WindowGenerator Class.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-4: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-4: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-4: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-4: Waiting for 6 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-4: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/12 - Additional Methods in WindowGenerator.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-5: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-5: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-5: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-5: Waiting for 7 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-5: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/13 - More Methods.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-6: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-6: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-6: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-6: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/14 - Single Step Window.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-7: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-7: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-7: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-7: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/15 - Baseline Model Class.en.srt
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-8: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-8: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-8: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
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[pluralsight] 664533da-bb9c-4508-bfdb-71b068a6f9fa-8: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/03 - Building a Baseline Model/16 - Linear Model.en.srt
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[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-0: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
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[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-0: Downloading captions JSON
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[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-1: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-1: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-1: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
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[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-1: Downloading captions JSON
[info] Writing video subtitles to: /home/tathyak/Implement Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Prediction with Tensorflow 2.0/04 - Utilizing Neural Networks/18 - Compile and Fit.en.srt
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[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-2: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-2: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: c44e3afe-f4c1-4cc8-a30f-8aed533f91f4-2: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)')); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Description

This occurs randomly( can't reproduce with the same video id), sometimes it just downloads the entire course successfully! and sometimes it gets interrupted with JSONDecodeError error. I guess, it's only the case with courses with a big number of videos. Is there any way possible to download individual videos from pluralsight!?

ghost commented 3 years ago

It seems that your account information is exposed inadvertently in the log, under the WARNING line. You may want to delete that.

tathyakapadia commented 3 years ago

Thanks @kikuyan

dirkf commented 2 years ago

The error occurs when some API call to Pluralsight returns nothing and the extractor tries to parse an empty string as JSON.

Although your log has no traceback (nor URL) for some reason, code inspection suggests that attempting to download course metadata from the /player/api/graphql API endpoint failed (eg error 429 too many requests), and then the fallback to /player/user/api/v1/player/payload did not fail at the HTTP level, but returned nothing.

The other places where JSON is downloaded have a specific description, as in the excerpt below where the first line is the successful course metadata API request:

[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading JSON metadata
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip graphql
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading mp4-high-widescreen viewclip JSON
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Waiting for 8 seconds to avoid throttling
[pluralsight] 3b4b79a9-dd08-4d98-8bed-d5f4f0f32fe5-0: Downloading captions JSON

Arguably empty purported JSON should be detected and reported separately.

Since the site is always likely to give 429 and by the nature of that error just retrying will only make it worse, this sort of problem could always happen at this site. The only solution is to try again later.

1Mark commented 1 year ago

I'm having the same issue. I tried to debug in pdb but had some issues.

dirkf commented 1 year ago

Feel free to share.

dirkf commented 1 year ago

Continuing in #30765.

ytdl-org / youtube-dl