soimort/you-get · error · ValueError

Cannot_Get_Play_URL

Error message

Cannot_Get_Play_URL

What it means

Raised as ValueError in interest_download (src/you_get/extractors/interest.py:18) from the KeyError handler. After loading the play-info JSON from the data URL scraped off the page, the expected key path data['data']['cdn']['serverurl'] is missing, so no RTMP play URL can be obtained.

Source

Thrown at src/you_get/extractors/interest.py:18

#!/usr/bin/env python

from ..common import *
from json import loads

def interest_download(url, output_dir='.', merge=True, info_only=False, **kwargs):
    #http://ch.interest.me/zhtv/VOD/View/114789
    #http://program.interest.me/zhtv/sonja/8/Vod/View/15794
    html = get_content(url)
    #get title
    title = match1(html, r'<meta property="og:title" content="([^"]*)"')
    title = title.split('&')[0].strip()
    info_url = match1(html, r'data: "(.+)",')
    play_info = loads(get_content(info_url))
    try:
        serverurl = play_info['data']['cdn']['serverurl']
    except KeyError:
        raise ValueError('Cannot_Get_Play_URL')
    except:
        raise ValueError('Cannot_Get_Play_URL')
    # I cannot find any example of "fileurl", so i just put it like this for now
    assert serverurl

    type, ext, size = 'mp4', 'mp4', 0

    print_info(site_info, title, type, size)
    if not info_only:
        download_rtmp_url(url=serverurl, title=title, ext=ext, output_dir=output_dir)

site_info = "interest.me"
download = interest_download
download_playlist = playlist_not_supported('interest')

View on GitHub (pinned to 049548f3f3)

Solutions

1. Log play_info (the parsed JSON) to see which keys are actually present for your URL.
2. Try a different episode/URL to distinguish content-specific restriction from a schema change.
3. If the schema moved, update the key path in interest_download or upgrade you-get.

def interest_play_info_has_serverurl(play_info):
    if not isinstance(play_info, dict):
        return False
    data = play_info.get('data')
    cdn = data.get('cdn') if isinstance(data, dict) else None
    return isinstance(cdn, dict) and bool(cdn.get('serverurl'))

try:
    interest_download(url, output_dir)
except ValueError as e:
    if str(e) == 'Cannot_Get_Play_URL':
        log_play_info_json(url)  # inspect schema before deciding retry vs fix
    else:
        raise

When it happens

Trigger: interest_download on a ch.interest.me / program.interest.me VOD page whose play-info JSON lacks the data.cdn.serverurl key — e.g. the JSON structure changed, the CDN fields were renamed, or geo/content restrictions return a reduced JSON.

Common situations: Site JSON schema drift; DRM/geo-blocked content that omits cdn info; pages where the scraped data: "..." URL returns an error payload instead of play info.

Related errors

• Server returned error:%s
• API returned fail
• Playlist is not supported for
• Share not found or canceled: %s
• Server refused to provide download link! (Errno:%s)

AI-assisted analysis of soimort/you-get@049548f3f3 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5982735a63d87a8e. Report an issue: GitHub.