ytdl-org/youtube-dl · error · ExtractorError

Unexpected API data result

Error message

Unexpected API data result

What it means

Error "Unexpected API data result" thrown in ytdl-org/youtube-dl.

Source

Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py:55

        'ooe': ('ooe', 'oe2o', 'orfooe'),
        'steiermark': ('stm', 'oe2st', 'orfstm'),
        'kaernten': ('ktn', 'oe2k', 'orfktn'),
        'salzburg': ('sbg', 'oe2s', 'orfsbg'),
        'tirol': ('tir', 'oe2t', 'orftir'),
        'vorarlberg': ('vbg', 'oe2v', 'orfvbg'),
        'oe3': ('oe3', 'oe3', 'orfoe3'),
        'oe1': ('oe1', 'oe1', 'orfoe1'),
    }
    _ID_NAMES = ('id', 'guid', 'program')

    @classmethod
    def _get_item_id(cls, data):
        return traverse_obj(data, *cls._ID_NAMES, expected_type=txt_or_none)

    @classmethod
    def _get_api_payload(cls, data, expected_id, in_payload=False):
        if expected_id not in traverse_obj(data, ('payload',)[:1 if in_payload else 0] + (cls._ID_NAMES, T(txt_or_none))):
            raise ExtractorError('Unexpected API data result', video_id=expected_id)
        return data['payload']

    @staticmethod
    def _extract_podcast_upload(data):
        return traverse_obj(data, {
            'url': ('enclosures', 0, 'url'),
            'ext': ('enclosures', 0, 'type', T(mimetype2ext)),
            'filesize': ('enclosures', 0, 'length', T(int_or_none)),
            'title': ('title', T(txt_or_none)),
            'description': ('description', T(clean_html)),
            'timestamp': (('published', 'postDate'), T(parse_iso8601)),
            'duration': ('duration', T(k_float_or_none)),
            'series': ('podcast', 'title'),
            'uploader': ((('podcast', 'author'), 'station'), T(txt_or_none)),
            'uploader_id': ('podcast', 'channel', T(txt_or_none)),
        }, get_all=False)

    @classmethod

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Solutions

1. Update youtube-dl; the ORF API response format changed.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py:55 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/0e4e7d281495091a. Report an issue: GitHub.