Repository: yt-dlp
Issue: [toggle/mewatch] Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Labels: site-bug

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This issue started 5/4/2023

[toggle] 1459264: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U


### Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

- [X] Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
- [X] If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead
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### Complete Verbose Output

```shell
yt-dlp -vU https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Apr-2023-CH-5-News-Tonight-367550
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Apr-2023-CH-5-News-Tonight-367550']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.03.04 [392389b7d] (pip)
[debug] Python 3.11.2 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - macOS-12.6.3-x86_64-i386-64bit (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.1.2 (setts), ffprobe 5.1.2
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.17, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.12.07, mutagen-1.46.0, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1786 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Available version: stable@2023.03.04, Current version: stable@2023.03.04
yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2023.03.04)
[mewatch] Extracting URL: https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Apr-2023-CH-5-News-Tonight-367550
[mewatch] 367550: Downloading JSON metadata
[toggle] Extracting URL: toggle:1459264
[toggle] 1459264: Downloading video info json
ERROR: [toggle] 1459264: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 694, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/toggle.py", line 108, in _real_extract
    info = self._download_json(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1048, in download_content
    res = getattr(self, download_handle.__name__)(url_or_request, video_id, **kwargs)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1012, in download_handle
    res = self._download_webpage_handle(
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 882, in _download_webpage_handle
    urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 839, in _request_webpage
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=err)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 821, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(self._create_request(url_or_request, data, headers, query))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3742, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 634, in http_response
    response = self.parent.error(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 563, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 643, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
```