I used to download songs the following way:
from pytube import YouTube
video = YouTube('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWXvSBHB210')
video.streams.get_by_itag(251).download()
Since today there is this error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube_main_.py", line 170, in fmt_streams extract.apply_signature(stream_manifest, self.vid_info, self.js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\extract.py", line 409, in apply_signature cipher = Cipher(js=js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 43, in init self.throttling_plan = get_throttling_plan(js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 387, in get_throttling_plan raw_code = get_throttling_function_code(js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 293, in get_throttling_function_code name = re.escape(get_throttling_function_name(js)) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 278, in get_throttling_function_name raise RegexMatchError( pytube.exceptions.RegexMatchError: get_throttling_function_name: could not find match for multiple
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Me\Documents\YouTubeDownloader.py", line 3, in video.streams.get_by_itag(251).download() File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube_main_.py", line 285, in streams return StreamQuery(self.fmt_streams) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube_main_.py", line 177, in fmt_streams extract.apply_signature(stream_manifest, self.vid_info, self.js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\extract.py", line 409, in apply_signature cipher = Cipher(js=js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 43, in init self.throttling_plan = get_throttling_plan(js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 387, in get_throttling_plan raw_code = get_throttling_function_code(js) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 293, in get_throttling_function_code name = re.escape(get_throttling_function_name(js)) File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pytube\cipher.py", line 278, in get_throttling_function_name raise RegexMatchError( pytube.exceptions.RegexMatchError: get_throttling_function_name: could not find match for multiple
I had same issue when i was using pytube 11.0.0
so found out that there is a regular expression filter mismatch in pytube library in cipher.py class
function_patterns = [
r'a\.C&&\(b=a\.get\("n"\)\)&&\(b=([^(]+)\(b\),a\.set\("n",b\)\)}};',
]
Now there is a update of pytube code yesterday to 11.0.1
function_patterns = [
r'a\.[A-Z]&&\(b=a\.get\("n"\)\)&&\(b=([^(]+)\(b\)',
]
With this code update now downloading youtube video with pytube works!!!
update your pytube library with this command
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pytube
Upgrade pytube
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pytube