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Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understoodThis error show up when I try to download a clip from tiktok. "[TikTok] 7508455561915043103: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template."
Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem Run your yt-dlp command with -vU flag added (yt-dlp -vU ) If using API, add 'verbose': True to YoutubeDL params instead Copy the WHOLE output (starting with [debug] Command-line config) and insert it below Complete Verbose Output yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 "ytsearch:‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'yt-dlp', '-t', 'mp4', 'ytsearch:‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/\nyt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’', 'https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8 [debug] yt-dlp version stable@2025.05.22 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [7977b329e] [debug] Python 3.13.3 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - macOS-14.5-x86_64-i386-64bit-Mach-O (OpenSSL 3.5.0 8 Apr 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 7.1.1 (setts), ffprobe 7.1.1 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.04.26, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.49.2, urllib3-2.4.0, websockets-15.0.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1859 extractors [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest Latest version: stable@2025.05.22 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2025.05.22 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp) [CommonMistakes] Extracting URL: yt-dlp ERROR: [CommonMistakes] You've asked yt-dlp to download the URL "yt-dlp". That doesn't make any sense. Simply remove the parameter in your command or configuration. File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 748, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/commonmistakes.py", line 25, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True) [youtube:search] Extracting URL: ytsearch:‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’ [download] Downloading playlist: ‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’ [youtube:search] query "‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’": Downloading web client config [youtube:search] query "‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’" page 1: Downloading API JSON [youtube:search] Playlist ‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’: Downloading 0 items [download] Finished downloading playlist: ‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’ [vm.tiktok] Extracting URL: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ [vm.tiktok] ZMS6nWQFF: Downloading webpage [TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@abcnews/video/7508455561915043103?_t=ZM-8wkC5rlzzdg&_r=1 [TikTok] 7508455561915043103: Downloading webpage ERROR: [TikTok] 7508455561915043103: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 748, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py", line 901, in _real_extract video_data, status = self._extract_web_data_and_status(url, video_id) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_sta">Johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johnnguyen$ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 "ytsearch:‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ > yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 "ytsearch:‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'yt-dlp', '-t', 'mp4', 'ytsearch:‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/\nyt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’', 'https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8 [debug] yt-dlp version stable@2025.05.22 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [7977b329e] [debug] Python 3.13.3 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - macOS-14.5-x86_64-i386-64bit-Mach-O (OpenSSL 3.5.0 8 Apr 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 7.1.1 (setts), ffprobe 7.1.1 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.04.26, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.49.2, urllib3-2.4.0, websockets-15.0.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1859 extractors [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest Latest version: stable@2025.05.22 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2025.05.22 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp) [CommonMistakes] Extracting URL: yt-dlp ERROR: [CommonMistakes] You've asked yt-dlp to download the URL "yt-dlp". That doesn't make any sense. Simply remove the parameter in your command or configuration. File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 748, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/commonmistakes.py", line 25, in _real_extract raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True) [youtube:search] Extracting URL: ytsearch:‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’ [download] Downloading playlist: ‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’ [youtube:search] query "‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’": Downloading web client config [youtube:search] query "‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’" page 1: Downloading API JSON [youtube:search] Playlist ‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’: Downloading 0 items [download] Finished downloading playlist: ‘’ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ yt-dlp -vU yt-dlp -t mp4 ytsearch:‘’ [vm.tiktok] Extracting URL: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6nWQFF/ [vm.tiktok] ZMS6nWQFF: Downloading webpage [TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@abcnews/video/7508455561915043103?_t=ZM-8wkC5rlzzdg&_r=1 [TikTok] 7508455561915043103: Downloading webpage ERROR: [TikTok] 7508455561915043103: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 748, in extract ie_result = self._real_extract(url) File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py", line 901, in _real_extract video_data, status = self._extract_web_data_and_status(url, video_id) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/Cellar/yt-dlp/HEAD-415b4c9/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_sta