diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py index c8541c664..113b9aa07 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py +++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py @@ -475,13 +475,8 @@ def _call_api(self, ep, query, video_id, fatal=True, headers=None, data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf8'), headers=real_headers, query={'key': api_key or self._extract_api_key(), 'prettyPrint': 'false'}) - def extract_yt_initial_data(self, item_id, webpage): - return self._search_json(self._YT_INITIAL_DATA_RE, webpage, 'yt initial data', item_id, fatal=True) - - def _extract_yt_initial_variable(self, webpage, regex, video_id, name): - return self._parse_json(self._search_regex( - (fr'{regex}\s*{self._YT_INITIAL_BOUNDARY_RE}', - regex), webpage, name, default='{}'), video_id, fatal=False, lenient=True) + def extract_yt_initial_data(self, item_id, webpage, fatal=True): + return self._search_json(self._YT_INITIAL_DATA_RE, webpage, 'yt initial data', item_id, fatal=fatal) @staticmethod def _extract_session_index(*data):