node-ytdl-core: ytdl.getInfo - Error: Status code: 404

The problem is that if i try get info from some urls i get this error. Example below.

const customVideoInfo = await ytdl.getInfo("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z61pOtkY7w")

Error: Status code: 404
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/workspace/node_modules/miniget/dist/index.js:211:27)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:421:26)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:314:20)
    at ClientRequest.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:506:15)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient (_http_client.js:601:27)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (_http_common.js:122:17)
    at HTTPParser.execute (<anonymous>)
    at TLSSocket.socketOnData (_http_client.js:474:22)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:314:20)
    at TLSSocket.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:506:15)

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Created 3 years ago
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Comments: 19 (11 by maintainers)

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still bug [fent/node-ytdl-core#923](https://github.com/fent/node-ytdl-core/issues/923) — committed to LoneExile/Bot_Discord_JS by LoneExile 3 years ago

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I have some across this issue (Mainly on age restricted videos). This is an issue with fallback info endpoint “https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info”.

https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=3Z61pOtkY7w This results in 404.

Adding a query parameter “html5=1” solves this issue. https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=3Z61pOtkY7w&html5=1

Needs more testing though.

https://github.com/fent/node-ytdl-core/blob/b2df83c3fde965166fb875df6e0478f4bc81d6c9/lib/info.js#L328

WaqasIbrahim on May 18, 2021

Relying on this get_video_info, and blissfully unaware of the html5: 1 fix I had to do a bit of research today.

Seems YT has moved that get_info functionality into their INNERTUBE API which returns just the JSON data (responseContext) without the UrlEncoded wrapper.

Getting it requires a post request to https://www.youtube,com/youtubei/v1/player?key=YOUR_KEY

with videoId as a parameter along with some other innertube parameters (and the key) which are easy enough to pick out with any web request to youtube. It also requires a ‘x-goog-visitor-id’ in the header, which again you can pick out from the parameters.

This now conforms closely to their more efficient INNERTUBE API channel browse and search post requests.

I have working code that can do this now, if anyone is interested and can’t figure it out.

gatecrasher777 on May 20, 2021

🤔 might have been some early signs of https://github.com/fent/node-ytdl-core/issues/939

TimeForANinja on Jun 22, 2021