getBasicInfo() - No url entry for some videos

[TomRomeo]

I was trying to get basic info for different songs with (stripped to it's core) this following snippet

ytdl.getBasicInfo("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRv6s_ChTw4")
.then((info) => {
  console.log(info);
});

The snippet does work with some videos such as "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04GiqLjRO3A" but it 'fails' for a lot of other videos such as for the one in the code snippet. By failing I mean that it does not create url entries for any format but instead only the signatureCipher entry. The url inside of this property however does not work when opened in a browser.

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The output of info as a whole looks something like this:

Object {
  "formats": Array [
    Object {
      "approxDurationMs": "286302",
      "audioChannels": 2,
      "audioQuality": "AUDIO_QUALITY_LOW",
      "audioSampleRate": "44100",
      "averageBitrate": 443559,
      "bitrate": 443666,
      "contentLength": "15874008",
      "fps": 30,
      "height": 360,
      "itag": 18,
      "lastModified": "1634473583554620",
      "mimeType": "video/mp4; codecs=\"avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2\"",
      "projectionType": "RECTANGULAR",
      "quality": "medium",
      "qualityLabel": "360p",
      "signatureCipher": "s=KWbubffAGeu2kY5GRDZuBCvDV_-wH2F9f1vuK_kn32TX9CICY3_yVqWT8LHJkFl0x0a-gMTzE_dhCiBcTUQf-TpoetHgIARwAJQ0qO88&sp=sig&url=https://rr1---sn-poxmpv-njoe.googlevideo.com/videoplayback%3Fexpire%3D1654051974%26ei%3DJoCWYq-8FZHJgQf0xKWQCw%26ip%3D<my ip>%26id%3Do-ALvmA3CgP1Y0T8TYPSf07VEDxC6PGm60mCQmyfZTcEEy%26itag%3D18%26source%3Dyoutube%26requiressl%3Dyes%26mh%3DxW%26mm%3D31%252C29%26mn%3Dsn-poxmpv-njoe%252Csn-4g5edndz%26ms%3Dau%252Crdu%26mv%3Dm%26mvi%3D1%26pl%3D21%26initcwndbps%3D1173750%26spc%3D4ocVC6w92h89SYLzQUUDxbLtQVk2%26vprv%3D1%26mime%3Dvideo%252Fmp4%26ns%3DwmeiJRVSpYxPfQf6pMxKp3kG%26gir%3Dyes%26clen%3D15874008%26ratebypass%3Dyes%26dur%3D286.302%26lmt%3D1634473583554620%26mt%3D1654029921%26fvip%3D2%26fexp%3D24001373%252C24007246%26c%3DWEB%26txp%3D5438434%26n%3Dz7G2QaxKsKhnO4t1MOwx%26sparams%3Dexpire%252Cei%252Cip%252Cid%252Citag%252Csource%252Crequiressl%252Cspc%252Cvprv%252Cmime%252Cns%252Cgir%252Cclen%252Cratebypass%252Cdur%252Clmt%26lsparams%3Dmh%252Cmm%252Cmn%252Cms%252Cmv%252Cmvi%252Cpl%252Cinitcwndbps%26lsig%3DAG3C_xAwRAIgJHK6b47caxNpAztzQaGcsHj_IrWcH2R74Us6Qlssq-oCIB_R1PuoH_S81puGJf8gw5-s6agJ8e8zio7RjH2X0ifE",
      "width": 640,
    },

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After that, I cloned the repository and ran `npm run test:irl` which gave the following result:

> [email protected] test:irl
> mocha --timeout 16000 test/irl-test.js



  Try using ytdl-core without mocking
    Try starting a download
      Regular video
        ✓ Request status code is 2xx (3512ms)
      Age restricted
        1) Request status code is 2xx
      Embed domain restricted
        2) Request status code is 2xx
      No embed allowed
        ✓ Request status code is 2xx (3123ms)
      Offensive
        ✓ Request status code is 2xx (3176ms)
      Live broadcast
        3) Request status code is 2xx


  3 passing (28s)
  3 failing

  1) Try using ytdl-core without mocking
       Try starting a download
         Age restricted
           Request status code is 2xx:
     Error: Status code: 410
      at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (node_modules/miniget/dist/index.js:206:27)
      at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:646:26)
      at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:526:28)
      at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient (node:_http_client:618:27)
      at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (node:_http_common:128:17)
      at TLSSocket.socketOnData (node:_http_client:482:22)
      at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:526:28)
      at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:315:12)
      at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:289:9)
      at TLSSocket.Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:228:10)
      at TLSWrap.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)

  2) Try using ytdl-core without mocking
       Try starting a download
         Embed domain restricted
           Request status code is 2xx:
     Error: Status code: 410
      at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (node_modules/miniget/dist/index.js:206:27)
      at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:646:26)
      at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:526:28)
      at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient (node:_http_client:618:27)
      at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (node:_http_common:128:17)
      at TLSSocket.socketOnData (node:_http_client:482:22)
      at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:526:28)
      at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:315:12)
      at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:289:9)
      at TLSSocket.Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:228:10)
      at TLSWrap.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)

  3) Try using ytdl-core without mocking
       Try starting a download
         Live broadcast
           Request status code is 2xx:
     Error: Timeout of 16000ms exceeded. For async tests and hooks, ensure "done()" is called; if returning a Promise, ensure it resolves. (/home/osaka/Downloads/node-ytdl-core/test/irl-test.js)
      at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:559:17)
      at processTimers (node:internal/timers:502:7)

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[absidue]

You need to use getInfo if you want deciphered format URLs, getBasicInfo is only for metadata. See the README for more information.

[TomRomeo]

Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification!

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