[Solved] ERROR: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

Hello Guys, How are you all? Hope You all Are Fine. Today I am just trying to make programm that download Youtube video from youtube URL and I am using youtube_dl module for That. But when I run my code I am facing following error ERROR: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data in python. So Here I am Explain to you all the possible solutions here.

Without wasting your time, Let’s start This Article to Solve This Error.

How ERROR: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data Error Occurs ?

I am just trying to make programm that download Youtube video from youtube URL and I am using youtube_dl module for That. But when I run my code I am facing following error.

ERROR: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

How To Solve ERROR: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data Error ?

Solution 1: update youtube-dl

Just update youtube-dl with these command.

If You are using pip then run

pip install -U youtube-dl

If you are on macOS then run

brew upgrade youtube-dl

if You are using Windows and Chocolatey then just run

choco upgrade youtube-dl

if You are using ubuntu then just run,

sudo apt purge youtube-dl 
sudo pip3 install youtube-dl

Summary

It’s all About this issue. Hope all solution helped you a lot. Comment below Your thoughts and your queries. Also, Comment below which solution worked for you?

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