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YouTube Video Download Failure due to Bot Detection #290

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Techops-AB opened this issue Oct 18, 2024 · 1 comment
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YouTube Video Download Failure due to Bot Detection #290

Techops-AB opened this issue Oct 18, 2024 · 1 comment
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Describe the bug
The script encounters an error message "VXHa83Lcmdk This request was detected as a bot. Use use_po_token=True to view. See more details at #209" when attempting to download a YouTube video.


code that was used that resulted in the bug

from pytubefix import YouTube
import uuid, os, tempfile


youtubeObject = YouTube(link)#,use_po_token=True) ## Asking for token input on terminal
youtubeObject = youtubeObject.streams.get_highest_resolution()
uniqueFilename = str(uuid.uuid4()) + ".mp4"
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempDir:
    tempFilePath = os.path.join(tempDir, uniqueFilename)
    youtubeObject.download(output_path=tempDir, filename=uniqueFilename)
print("Youtube download is completed successfully")

Expected behavior
The script should download a video from the provided YouTube video URL and save it with a unique filename in the temporary directory.


Version Details :

  • The script is deployed as an endpoint using FastAPI and hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) App Engine.
  • Python version: 3.9
  • pytubefix version: 8.1.1
@Techops-AB Techops-AB added the bug Something isn't working label Oct 18, 2024
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This is not a bug, did you look at #209?

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