Should bare URLs like "youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A" work in future?

[holta]

@deldesir FYI attempting https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mt187r0Ec9A returned "Invalid YouTube URL"

So I tried bare URL "youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A" (which works in a browser).

FWIW it failed with tail -f /var/log/calibre-log showing the following:

[2023-10-12 20:54:34,980] ERROR {cps.editbooks:338} Subprocess error (return code 1): WARNING: [generic] The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http
Importing playlist-less media youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A
, --------YB LOG--------\n\n
2023-10-12 20:54:30 - Moving /var/tmp/download.db aside if it already exists.
--------YB LOG--------\n\n
2023-10-12 20:54:30 - Running command: lb tubeadd /var/tmp/download.db youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A && lb dl /var/tmp/download.db --video youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A

--------YB LOG--------\n\n
2023-10-12 20:54:34 - An error occurred while running the command. Please check /var/log/yb.log  for more details.

[2023-10-12 20:54:34,983]  INFO {cps.editbooks:364} Subprocess result: (False, "Subprocess error (return code 1): WARNING: [generic] The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http\nImporting playlist-less media youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n, --------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:30 - Moving /var/tmp/download.db aside if it already exists.\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:30 - Running command: lb tubeadd /var/tmp/download.db youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A && lb dl /var/tmp/download.db --video youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:34 - An error occurred while running the command. Please check /var/log/yb.log  for more details.\n", '--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:30 - Moving /var/tmp/download.db aside if it already exists.\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:30 - Running command: lb tubeadd /var/tmp/download.db youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A && lb dl /var/tmp/download.db --video youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:34 - An error occurred while running the command. Please check /var/log/yb.log  for more details.\n', "WARNING: [generic] The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http\nImporting playlist-less media youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n")
[2023-10-12 20:54:37,994] ERROR {cps.editbooks:338} Subprocess error (return code 1): WARNING: [generic] The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http
Importing playlist-less media youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A
, --------YB LOG--------\n\n
2023-10-12 20:54:34 - Moving /var/tmp/download.db aside if it already exists.
--------YB LOG--------\n\n
2023-10-12 20:54:34 - Running command: lb tubeadd /var/tmp/download.db youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A && lb dl /var/tmp/download.db --video youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A

--------YB LOG--------\n\n
2023-10-12 20:54:37 - An error occurred while running the command. Please check /var/log/yb.log  for more details.

[2023-10-12 20:54:37,994]  INFO {cps.editbooks:364} Subprocess result: (False, "Subprocess error (return code 1): WARNING: [generic] The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http\nImporting playlist-less media youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n, --------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:34 - Moving /var/tmp/download.db aside if it already exists.\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:34 - Running command: lb tubeadd /var/tmp/download.db youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A && lb dl /var/tmp/download.db --video youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:37 - An error occurred while running the command. Please check /var/log/yb.log  for more details.\n", '--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:34 - Moving /var/tmp/download.db aside if it already exists.\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:34 - Running command: lb tubeadd /var/tmp/download.db youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A && lb dl /var/tmp/download.db --video youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 20:54:37 - An error occurred while running the command. Please check /var/log/yb.log  for more details.\n', "WARNING: [generic] The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http\nImporting playlist-less media youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n")

# cat /var/log/yb.log
No media found
No media found

# lb --version
2.2.112

[holta]

Just for comparison, here's the (more successful) output upon entering URL "https://youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A" :

[2023-10-12 21:07:34,587]  INFO {cps.editbooks:364} Subprocess result: (True, '--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 21:07:26 - Moving /var/tmp/download.db aside if it already exists.\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 21:07:26 - Running command: lb tubeadd /var/tmp/download.db https://youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A && lb dl /var/tmp/download.db --video https://youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n\n--------YB LOG--------\\n\\n\n2023-10-12 21:07:34 - Download completed successfully. Please check /var/log/yb.log for more details.\n', 'Importing playlist-less media https://youtu.be/Mt187r0Ec9A\n')
[2023-10-12 21:07:34,594]  INFO {cps.editbooks:385} Requested files: ['/Youtube/ViralHog/Adorable_Baby_Kookaburra_Demonstrates_its_Signature_Laugh_ViralHog_21.13M_[Mt187r0Ec9A].webm']
[2023-10-12 21:07:34,595]  INFO {cps.editbooks:393} Processing file: <_io.BufferedReader name='/Youtube/ViralHog/Adorable_Baby_Kookaburra_Demonstrates_its_Signature_Laugh_ViralHog_21.13M_[Mt187r0Ec9A].webm'>
[2023-10-12 21:07:34,600] DEBUG {cps.uploader:408} Temporary file: /tmp/calibre_web/a40fc98527b1d0925e65ce64624e0091
[2023-10-12 21:07:34,954] DEBUG {cps.uploader:364} ffmpeg output: b''
[2023-10-12 21:07:35,115] DEBUG {cps.helper:543} Moving title: /tmp/calibre_web/a40fc98527b1d0925e65ce64624e0091 to /library/calibre-web/UC3339WgBDKIcxTfywuSmG8w/Adorable Baby Kookaburra Demonstrates its Signature Laugh , ViralHog (95)/Adorable Baby Kookaburra Demonstrates its Signature Laugh , ViralHog - UC3339WgBDKIcxTfywuSmG8w
[2023-10-12 21:07:35,121] ERROR {cps.editbooks:1013} Failed to move cover file /library/calibre-web/UC3339WgBDKIcxTfywuSmG8w/Adorable Baby Kookaburra Demonstrates its Signature Laugh , ViralHog (95): [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/calibre_web/a40fc98527b1d0925e65ce64624e0091.cover.jpg'
[2023-10-12 21:07:35,143] DEBUG {cps.services.worker:91} Add Task for user: Admin - Upload Adorable Baby Kookaburra Demonstrates its Signature Laugh || ViralHog

With the other log file is untouched and unchanged:

# cat /var/log/yb.log
No media found
No media found

# ls -l /var/log/yb.log
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Oct 12 20:54 /var/log/yb.log

[deldesir]

Fix implemented but needs more testing. Will push changes ASAP.

[holta]

Fix implemented but needs more testing. Will push changes ASAP.

Do xklb and/or yt-dlp have this limitation?

(If so we might nudge them to do better for the benefit of all?)