ytdl-org/youtube-dl · error · ExtractorError

Can't fetch video info

Error message

Can't fetch video info

What it means

Error "Can't fetch video info" thrown in ytdl-org/youtube-dl.

Source

Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/douyutv.py:173

        video_info = None

        for trial in range(5):
            # Sometimes Douyu rejects our request. Let's try it more times
            try:
                video_info = self._download_json(
                    'https://vmobile.douyu.com/video/getInfo', video_id,
                    query={'vid': video_id},
                    headers={
                        'Referer': url,
                        'x-requested-with': 'XMLHttpRequest',
                    })
                break
            except ExtractorError:
                self._sleep(1, video_id)

        if not video_info:
            raise ExtractorError('Can\'t fetch video info')

        formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
            video_info['data']['video_url'], video_id,
            entry_protocol='m3u8_native', ext='mp4')

        upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_regex(
            r'<em>上传时间：</em><span>([^<]+)</span>', webpage,
            'upload date', fatal=False))

        uploader = uploader_id = uploader_url = None
        mobj = re.search(
            r'(?m)<a[^>]+href="/author/([0-9a-zA-Z]+)".+?<strong[^>]+title="([^"]+)"',
            webpage)
        if mobj:
            uploader_id, uploader = mobj.groups()
            uploader_url = urljoin(url, '/author/' + uploader_id)

        return {

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Solutions

1. Retry later or update youtube-dl; the Douyu API may have changed.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/douyutv.py:173 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of ytdl-org/youtube-dl@956b8c5855 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7d5593e10c04a5af. Report an issue: GitHub.