SBS downloads stopped working a few days ago

[Fred]

Something changed at SBS last week. grabber.py always throws this exception when trying to pull anything from SBS. This is with the latest code. ABC and Ten are OK:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/fred/webdl/grabber.py", line 62, in <module>
main()
File "/home/fred/webdl/grabber.py", line 55, in main
if not n.download():
File "/home/fred/webdl/sbs.py", line 27, in download
player_params = self.get_player_params(doc)
File "/home/fred/webdl/sbs.py", line 54, in get_player_params
raise Exception("Unable to find player params for %s: %s" % (self.video_id, self.title))
Exception: Unable to find player params for 1559892547836: The Last Man On Earth S1 Ep1 - Alive In Tucson

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[Fred]

Update: I’ve dug a little, and it appears that the format of the SBS response has changed. Looking at the SBS response, I can’t see any player parameters in a format which the current webdl code can parse. Unfortunately my understanding of javascript is’t good enough to trace where these parameters have now been hidden.

[Fred]

Today, SBS started working again with no explanation. Looks like it was a temporary change, albeit one which lasted a week...

[delx]

Thanks for the report.

I had some time to look at this today and I’m very happy to see it’s working again :)