Only ClientType.WEB_PARENT_TOOLS is working for me

[Dolanpls]

I'm the only one that only the ClientType.WEB_PARENT_TOOLS is working?
I have a test to check all the client types and that is the only one that returns something.

It does not matter which video ID I'm using, all of them are failing for me.

[iexavl]

I'm the only one that only the ClientType.WEB_PARENT_TOOLS is working? I have a test to check all the client types and that is the only one that returns something.

It does not matter which video ID I'm using, all of them are failing for me.

you might have been flagged as a bot and may be getting the "Please sign in to confirm you’re not a bot" playability status. I am assuming you are getting a streamingData not found? (BadPageException)

[Dolanpls]

I'm the only one that only the ClientType.WEB_PARENT_TOOLS is working? I have a test to check all the client types and that is the only one that returns something.
It does not matter which video ID I'm using, all of them are failing for me.

you might have been flagged as a bot and may be getting the "Please sign in to confirm you’re not a bot" playability status. I am assuming you are getting a streamingData not found? (BadPageException)

No, I just have the exception "streamingData not found" when I run this code:

YoutubeDownloader DOWNLOADER = new YoutubeDownloader(); Response<VideoInfo> videoInfo = DOWNLOADER.getVideoInfo(new RequestVideoInfo(videoId));

[iexavl]

I'm the only one that only the ClientType.WEB_PARENT_TOOLS is working? I have a test to check all the client types and that is the only one that returns something.
It does not matter which video ID I'm using, all of them are failing for me.

you might have been flagged as a bot and may be getting the "Please sign in to confirm you’re not a bot" playability status. I am assuming you are getting a streamingData not found? (BadPageException)

No, I just have the exception "streamingData not found" when I run this code:

YoutubeDownloader DOWNLOADER = new YoutubeDownloader(); Response<VideoInfo> videoInfo = DOWNLOADER.getVideoInfo(new RequestVideoInfo(videoId));

yeah, that's the error I was talking about. I can't say for sure what is causing it though because the replayability status isn't reported. Hopefully this is added in the next version.

[Dolanpls]

Perfect, thanks for the answer @iexavl 😊

[iexavl]

Perfect, thanks for the answer @iexavl 😊

The new version has playability status reporting when this error occurs so you can comment the error that occurs here (with the latest build) at your leasure.

[mlaggner]

I see something similar with the latest release:

{
  "responseContext": {
    "visitorData": "CgtYcXA4UWN0LVE2SSj2r9-8BjIiCgJBVBIcEhgSFgsMDg8QERITFBUWFxgZGhscHR4fICEgFw%3D%3D",
    "serviceTrackingParams": [
      {
        "service": "ECATCHER",
        "params": [
          {
            "key": "client.version",
            "value": "1.37"
          },
          {
            "key": "client.name",
            "value": "ANDROID_VR"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "maxAgeSeconds": 0
  },
  "playabilityStatus": {
    "status": "LOGIN_REQUIRED",
    "reason": "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot",
    "contextParams": "Q0FFU0FnZ0M="
  },
  "trackingParams": "CAAQu2kiEwiX1NeYy5aLAxVjIgYAHXJ7OsI=",
  "adBreakHeartbeatParams": "Q0FBJTNE"
}

the request is like

{"context":{"client":{"androidSdkVersion":"30","hl":"en","gl":"US","clientName":"ANDROID_VR","clientVersion":"1.37"}},"videoId":"73_1biulkYk"}

[iexavl]

"status": "LOGIN_REQUIRED",
"reason": "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot",
"contextParams": "Q0FFU0FnZ0M="
},

Yeah, at the moment the problem is you have been flagged as a bot. You could try to fix it by changing your ip (like restarting your router and hoping to get assigned a new ip) or if that doesn't work you can try this:
https://docs.invidious.io/installation/#docker-compose-method-production
More specifically look at the section about generating the po_token and visitor data. If it comes to that after you do it you should put these parameters in your requests. You can do so like this:

         ClientType original = ClientType.ANDROID_TV; //or whichever client you want
         ClientType pot = new ClientType(original.getName(), original.getVersion(),original.getBody(),
                ClientType.queryParam("serviceIntegrityDimensions", "poToken", "<po_token_here>"),
                ClientType.queryParam("racyCheckOk", "true"),
                ClientType.queryParam("contentCheckOk", "true"),
                ClientType.queryParam("user/lockedSafetyMode", "true"),
                ClientType.queryParam("context/client/visitorData", "<visitor_data_here>"));

[mlaggner]

Thanks for your help - unfortunately I do have a static IP address ;)

Nevertheless - this is not a real problem for me since this is only the dev station and I do not use that feature. It would be just a hint for my users. I just wanted to help by posting the error response

[iexavl]

Thanks for your help - unfortunately I do have a static IP address ;)

Nevertheless - this is not a real problem for me since this is only the dev station and I do not use that feature. It would be just a hint for my users. I just wanted to help by posting the error response

Ah, alright. Thanks for your consideration!

[dadoonet]

So I tried this:

docker run quay.io/invidious/youtube-trusted-session-generator

And then:

    @Test
    void testOverwriteClient() {
        // Run the following command to generate a poToken and a visitorData
        // docker run quay.io/invidious/youtube-trusted-session-generator
        String poToken = "TOKEN HERE";
        String visitorData = "VISITOR HERE";

        // See discussion at https://github.com/sealedtx/java-youtube-downloader/issues/143
        ClientType original = ClientType.MWEB; //or whichever client you want
        ClientType pot = new ClientType(original.getName(), original.getVersion(),original.getBody(),
                ClientType.queryParam("serviceIntegrityDimensions", "poToken", poToken),
                ClientType.queryParam("racyCheckOk", "true"),
                ClientType.queryParam("contentCheckOk", "true"),
                ClientType.queryParam("user/lockedSafetyMode", "true"),
                ClientType.queryParam("context/client/visitorData", visitorData));

        YoutubeDownloader downloader = new YoutubeDownloader();
        RequestVideoInfo videoInfo = new RequestVideoInfo("GYNQuqAuehU").clientType(pot);
        Response<VideoInfo> videoInfoResponse = downloader.getVideoInfo(videoInfo);
        VideoInfo video = videoInfoResponse.data();
        if (video == null) {
            logger.warn("Client {} is not working", pot.getName());
        } else {
            logger.info("Client {} is working", pot.getName());
        }
    }

But this is still not working.

I tried using a VPN and got the same issue.

Do you have any other idea @iexavl?

BTW how to get the trace with the exact content sent back by YT?

[iexavl]

So I tried this:

docker run quay.io/invidious/youtube-trusted-session-generator
And then:

@Test
void testOverwriteClient() {
    // Run the following command to generate a poToken and a visitorData
    // docker run quay.io/invidious/youtube-trusted-session-generator
    String poToken = "TOKEN HERE";
    String visitorData = "VISITOR HERE";

    // See discussion at https://github.com/sealedtx/java-youtube-downloader/issues/143
    ClientType original = ClientType.MWEB; //or whichever client you want
    ClientType pot = new ClientType(original.getName(), original.getVersion(),original.getBody(),
            ClientType.queryParam("serviceIntegrityDimensions", "poToken", poToken),
            ClientType.queryParam("racyCheckOk", "true"),
            ClientType.queryParam("contentCheckOk", "true"),
            ClientType.queryParam("user/lockedSafetyMode", "true"),
            ClientType.queryParam("context/client/visitorData", visitorData));

    YoutubeDownloader downloader = new YoutubeDownloader();
    RequestVideoInfo videoInfo = new RequestVideoInfo("GYNQuqAuehU").clientType(pot);
    Response<VideoInfo> videoInfoResponse = downloader.getVideoInfo(videoInfo);
    VideoInfo video = videoInfoResponse.data();
    if (video == null) {
        logger.warn("Client {} is not working", pot.getName());
    } else {
        logger.info("Client {} is working", pot.getName());
    }
}

But this is still not working.

I tried using a VPN and got the same issue.

Do you have any other idea @iexavl?

BTW how to get the trace with the exact content sent back by YT?

Generally speaking, this is a known issue ( see iv-org/invidious#4734 (comment) and https://docs.invidious.io/youtube-errors-explained/#solutions down in the Sign in to confirm you are not a bot section)
There have been talks about implementing sign in to avoid this (although if such a thing is implemented a counter will probably also be made), but it is slightly odd that it didn't work for you as it did for me. Can you confirm the error you are getting is "status": "LOGIN_REQUIRED","reason": "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot" and not something else? Also unfortunately there is no way to get a trace with the exact response (except stepping through the application with the debugger), but that is indeed probably something useful to have and perhaps when I can I'll see what I can do to add it.

[dadoonet]

Can you confirm the error you are getting is "status": "LOGIN_REQUIRED","reason": "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot" and not something else?

Where should I get this error?
I mean that I don't see an error as per say but just that Response<VideoInfo>#data() is null:

YoutubeDownloader downloader = new YoutubeDownloader();
RequestVideoInfo videoInfo = new RequestVideoInfo("nGfJ41xgZXI");
Response<VideoInfo> videoInfoResponse = downloader.getVideoInfo(videoInfo);
VideoInfo video = videoInfoResponse.data();
assertNotNull(video);

I went a bit further by debugging what's running on my side from the previous code.
And apparently, I'm catching an exception here:

            try {
                formats = parseFormats(playerResponse, jsUrl, clientVersion);
            } catch (YoutubeException e) {
                if (callback != null) {
                    callback.onError(e);
                }
                throw e;
            }

The exception is: com.github.kiulian.downloader.YoutubeException$CipherException: Transformation functions not found

Any thoughts?