{"record":{"id":"7d2b1421d1a10d72","repo":"ytdl-org/youtube-dl","slug":"saveandexit-not-found-in-jscode","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"`saveAndExit();` not found in `jscode`","messagePattern":"`saveAndExit\\(\\);` not found in `jscode`","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ExtractorError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py","lineNumber":202,"sourceCode":"        `saveAndExit();` is mandatory, use it instead of `phantom.exit()`\n        It is possible to wait for some element on the webpage, for example:\n            var check = function() {\n              var elementFound = page.evaluate(function() {\n                return document.querySelector('#b.done') !== null;\n              });\n              if(elementFound)\n                saveAndExit();\n              else\n                window.setTimeout(check, 500);\n            }\n\n            page.evaluate(function(){\n              document.querySelector('#a').click();\n            });\n            check();\n        \"\"\"\n        if 'saveAndExit();' not in jscode:\n            raise ExtractorError('`saveAndExit();` not found in `jscode`')\n        if not html:\n            html = self.extractor._download_webpage(url, video_id, note=note, headers=headers)\n        with open(self._TMP_FILES['html'].name, 'wb') as f:\n            f.write(html.encode('utf-8'))\n\n        self._save_cookies(url)\n\n        replaces = self.options\n        replaces['url'] = url\n        user_agent = headers.get('User-Agent') or std_headers['User-Agent']\n        replaces['ua'] = user_agent.replace('\"', '\\\\\"')\n        replaces['jscode'] = jscode\n\n        for x in self._TMP_FILE_NAMES:\n            replaces[x] = self._TMP_FILES[x].name.replace('\\\\', '\\\\\\\\').replace('\"', '\\\\\"')\n\n        with open(self._TMP_FILES['script'].name, 'wb') as f:\n            f.write(self._TEMPLATE.format(**replaces).encode('utf-8'))","sourceCodeStart":184,"sourceCodeEnd":220,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/956b8c585591b401a543e409accb163eeaaa1193/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py#L184-L220","documentation":"Error \"`saveAndExit();` not found in `jscode`\" thrown in ytdl-org/youtube-dl.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py:202 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Update youtube-dl; the Openload JS challenge format changed."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"956b8c585591b401a543e409accb163eeaaa1193","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T18:59:47.863Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}