calesthio/OpenMontage · error · ValueError

Could not find video URL on NOAA page: {detail_url}

Error message

Could not find video URL on NOAA page: {detail_url}

What it means

Error "Could not find video URL on NOAA page: {detail_url}" thrown in calesthio/OpenMontage.

Source

Thrown at tools/video/stock_sources/noaa.py:175

            # Look for download links
            if not download_url:
                for a in soup.select("a[href]"):
                    href = a.get("href", "")
                    if any(ext in href.lower() for ext in [".mp4", ".mov", ".webm"]):
                        download_url = href
                        break

            # Look for YouTube embeds
            if not download_url:
                for iframe in soup.select("iframe[src]"):
                    src = iframe.get("src", "")
                    if "youtube" in src or "vimeo" in src:
                        _log.warning("NOAA video is embedded from %s — cannot download directly", src)
                        raise ValueError(f"Video is embedded from external platform: {src}")

            if not download_url:
                raise ValueError(f"Could not find video URL on NOAA page: {detail_url}")

            if not download_url.startswith("http"):
                download_url = f"https://www.noaa.gov{download_url}"

            return self._stream_download(download_url, out_path)

        except Exception as e:
            raise RuntimeError(f"NOAA download failed for {detail_url}: {e}") from e

    def _stream_download(self, url: str, out_path: Path) -> Path:
        import requests

        with requests.get(
            url, stream=True, timeout=180,
            headers={"User-Agent": "OpenMontage/1.0"},
        ) as r:
            r.raise_for_status()
            with open(out_path, "wb") as f:

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Solutions

1. Open the NOAA detail page manually to locate the video file; the scraper did not find a downloadable URL.
2. Select a different candidate from the search results.

When it happens

Trigger: The NOAA stock-footage detail page HTML contains no resolvable video URL.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of calesthio/OpenMontage@95e1c3d0ab (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ec34ef7de29d3471. Report an issue: GitHub.