[cleanup] Replace dead example/test URL (#17061)

* Replace dead example URL in documentation * Replace primary Youtube test URL * Remove obsolete `test_youtube_lists` module Closes #12263 Authored by: bashonly
2026-07-02 16:28:52 +00:00 · 2026-06-26 17:36:35 -05:00 · 2026-06-26 17:36:35 -05:00 · c102b20965
commit c102b20965
parent 57528faa36
9 changed files with 78 additions and 147 deletions
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ For bug reports, this means that your report should contain the **complete** out

 If the error is `ERROR: Unable to extract ...` and you cannot reproduce it from multiple countries, add `--write-pages` and upload the `.dump` files you get [somewhere](https://gist.github.com).

-**Site support requests must contain an example URL**. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc`. There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. `https://www.youtube.com/`) is *not* an example URL.
+**Site support requests must contain an example URL**. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4`. There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. `https://www.youtube.com/`) is *not* an example URL.

 ###  Are you using the latest version?

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ As an alternative to using the `.netrc` file, which has the disadvantage of keep

 E.g. To use an encrypted `.netrc` file stored as `.authinfo.gpg`
 ```
-yt-dlp --netrc-cmd 'gpg --decrypt ~/.authinfo.gpg' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'
+yt-dlp --netrc-cmd 'gpg --decrypt ~/.authinfo.gpg' 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4'
 ```


@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ Available only in `--sponsorblock-chapter-title`:
 - `name` (string): Friendly name of the smallest category
 - `type` (string): The [SponsorBlock action type](https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types#Action_Type) of the chapter

-Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. E.g. for `-o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` and an mp4 video with title `yt-dlp test video` and id `BaW_jenozKc`, this will result in a `yt-dlp test video-BaW_jenozKc.mp4` file created in the current directory.
+Each aforementioned sequence when referenced in an output template will be replaced by the actual value corresponding to the sequence name. E.g. for `-o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` and an mp4 video with title `yt-dlp test video` and id `YE7VzlLtp-4`, this will result in a `yt-dlp test video-YE7VzlLtp-4.mp4` file created in the current directory.

 **Note**: Some of the sequences are not guaranteed to be present, since they depend on the metadata obtained by a particular extractor. Such sequences will be replaced with placeholder value provided with `--output-na-placeholder` (`NA` by default).

@ -1473,14 +1473,14 @@ In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such
 #### Output template examples

 ```bash
-$ yt-dlp --print filename -o "test video.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
+$ yt-dlp --print filename -o "test video.%(ext)s" ptd1NN40vMw
 test video.webm    # Literal name with correct extension

-$ yt-dlp --print filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
-youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.webm    # All kinds of weird characters
+$ yt-dlp --print filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" ptd1NN40vMw
+To'y!🤯😂🤦🏻‍♂️.webm    # All kinds of weird characters

-$ yt-dlp --print filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
-youtube-dl_test_video_.webm    # Restricted file name
+$ yt-dlp --print filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" ptd1NN40vMw --restrict-filenames
+To_y.webm    # Restricted file name

 # Download YouTube playlist videos in separate directory indexed by video order in a playlist
 $ yt-dlp -o "%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"
@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ $ yt-dlp -o "%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.y
 $ yt-dlp -o "%(upload_date>%Y)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re"

 # Prefix playlist index with " - " separator, but only if it is available
-$ yt-dlp -o "%(playlist_index&{} - |)s%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"
+$ yt-dlp -o "%(playlist_index&{} - |)s%(title)s.%(ext)s" YE7VzlLtp-4 "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"

 # Download all playlists of YouTube channel/user keeping each playlist in separate directory:
 $ yt-dlp -o "%(uploader)s/%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation/playlists"
@ -1502,13 +1502,13 @@ $ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(series)s/%(season_number)s - %(season)s/%(episod

 # Download video as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\title.ext", subtitles as "C:\MyVideos\subs\uploader\title.ext"
 # and put all temporary files in "C:\MyVideos\tmp"
-$ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -P "temp:tmp" -P "subtitle:subs" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --write-subs
+$ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -P "temp:tmp" -P "subtitle:subs" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" YE7VzlLtp-4 --write-subs

 # Download video as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\title.ext" and subtitles as "C:\MyVideos\uploader\subs\title.ext"
-$ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -o "subtitle:%(uploader)s/subs/%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --write-subs
+$ yt-dlp -P "C:/MyVideos" -o "%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s" -o "subtitle:%(uploader)s/subs/%(title)s.%(ext)s" YE7VzlLtp-4 --write-subs

 # Stream the video being downloaded to stdout
-$ yt-dlp -o - BaW_jenozKc
+$ yt-dlp -o - YE7VzlLtp-4
 ```

 # FORMAT SELECTION
@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ From a Python program, you can embed yt-dlp in a more powerful fashion, like thi
 ```python
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL

-URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4']
 with YoutubeDL() as ydl:
    ydl.download(URLS)
 ```
@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@ Most likely, you'll want to use various options. For a list of options available
 import json
 import yt_dlp

-URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'
+URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4'

 # ℹ️ See help(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL) for a list of available options and public functions
 ydl_opts = {}
@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ print('Some videos failed to download' if error_code
 ```python
 import yt_dlp

-URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4']

 ydl_opts = {
    'format': 'm4a/bestaudio/best',
@ -2128,7 +2128,7 @@ with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
 ```python
 import yt_dlp

-URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4']

 def longer_than_a_minute(info, *, incomplete):
    """Download only videos longer than a minute (or with unknown duration)"""
@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
 ```python
 import yt_dlp

-URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4']

 class MyLogger:
    def debug(self, msg):
@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
 ```python
 import yt_dlp

-URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4']

 # ℹ️ See help(yt_dlp.postprocessor.PostProcessor)
 class MyCustomPP(yt_dlp.postprocessor.PostProcessor):
@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL() as ydl:
 ```python
 import yt_dlp

-URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+URLS = ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4']

 def format_selector(ctx):
    """ Select the best video and the best audio that won't result in an mkv.
--- a/devscripts/make_issue_template.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_issue_template.py
@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ VERBOSE = '''
      description: |
        It should start like this:
      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4']
        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds [1a176d874] (win_exe)
        [debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.20348-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ VERBOSE = '''
        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
-        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4
        <more lines>
      render: shell
    validations:
--- a/test/test_youtube_lists.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_lists.py
@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-# Allow direct execution
-import os
-import sys
-import unittest
-
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-
-
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, is_download_test
-from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE, YoutubeTabIE
-from yt_dlp.utils import ExtractorError
-
-
-@is_download_test
-class TestYoutubeLists(unittest.TestCase):
-    def assertIsPlaylist(self, info):
-        """Make sure the info has '_type' set to 'playlist'"""
-        self.assertEqual(info['_type'], 'playlist')
-
-    def test_youtube_playlist_noplaylist(self):
-        dl = FakeYDL()
-        dl.params['noplaylist'] = True
-        ie = YoutubeTabIE(dl)
-        result = ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmJ-4B-mS-Y&list=PLydZ2Hrp_gPRJViZjLFKaBMgCQOYEEkyp&index=2')
-        self.assertEqual(result['_type'], 'url')
-        self.assertEqual(result['ie_key'], YoutubeIE.ie_key())
-        self.assertEqual(YoutubeIE.extract_id(result['url']), 'OmJ-4B-mS-Y')
-
-    def test_youtube_mix(self):
-        dl = FakeYDL()
-        ie = YoutubeTabIE(dl)
-        result = ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyITL_exICo&list=RDCLAK5uy_kLWIr9gv1XLlPbaDS965-Db4TrBoUTxQ8')
-        entries = list(result['entries'])
-        self.assertTrue(len(entries) >= 50)
-        original_video = entries[0]
-        self.assertEqual(original_video['id'], 'tyITL_exICo')
-
-    def test_youtube_flat_playlist_extraction(self):
-        dl = FakeYDL()
-        dl.params['extract_flat'] = True
-        ie = YoutubeTabIE(dl)
-        result = ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc')
-        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
-        entries = list(result['entries'])
-        self.assertTrue(len(entries) == 1)
-        video = entries[0]
-        self.assertEqual(video['_type'], 'url')
-        self.assertEqual(video['ie_key'], 'Youtube')
-        self.assertEqual(video['id'], 'BaW_jenozKc')
-        self.assertEqual(video['url'], 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc')
-        self.assertEqual(video['title'], 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐')
-        self.assertEqual(video['duration'], 10)
-        self.assertEqual(video['uploader'], 'Philipp Hagemeister')
-
-    def test_youtube_channel_no_uploads(self):
-        dl = FakeYDL()
-        dl.params['extract_flat'] = True
-        ie = YoutubeTabIE(dl)
-        # no uploads
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ExtractorError, r'no uploads'):
-            ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2yXPzFejc422buOIzn_0CA')
-
-        # no uploads and no UCID given
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ExtractorError, r'no uploads'):
-            ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/news')
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/commonmistakes.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/commonmistakes.py
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class UnicodeBOMIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<bom>\ufeff)(?P<id>.*)$'

    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': '\ufeffhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc',
+        'url': '\ufeffhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4',
        'only_matching': True,
    }]

--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/commonprotocols.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/commonprotocols.py
@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ViewSourceIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL = r'view-source:(?P<url>.+)'

    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'view-source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc',
+        'url': 'view-source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4',
        'only_matching': True,
    }

--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
                    if default_search == 'auto_warning':
                        if re.match(r'^(?:url|URL)$', url):
                            raise ExtractorError(
-                                f'Invalid URL:  {url!r} . Call yt-dlp like this:  yt-dlp -v "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc"  ',
+                                f'Invalid URL:  {url!r} . Call yt-dlp like this:  yt-dlp -v "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4"  ',
                                expected=True)
                        else:
                            self.report_warning(
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_mistakes.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_mistakes.py
@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class YoutubeTruncatedURLIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            'Did you forget to quote the URL? Remember that & is a meta '
            'character in most shells, so you want to put the URL in quotes, '
            'like  yt-dlp '
-            '"https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=foo&v=BaW_jenozKc" '
-            ' or simply  yt-dlp BaW_jenozKc  .',
+            '"https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=foo&v=YE7VzlLtp-4" '
+            ' or simply  yt-dlp YE7VzlLtp-4  .',
            expected=True)


--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
@ -152,37 +152,38 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):

    IE_NAME = 'youtube'
    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc&t=1s&end=9',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4&t=1s&end=9',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'BaW_jenozKc',
+            'id': 'YE7VzlLtp-4',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐',
-            'age_limit': 0,
-            'availability': 'public',
-            'categories': ['Science & Technology'],
-            'channel': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+            'title': 'Big Buck Bunny',
+            'description': 'md5:e95316924b5eca2a74b87ab0b290724a',
+            'media_type': 'video',
+            'uploader': 'Blender',
+            'uploader_id': '@BlenderOfficial',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@BlenderOfficial',
+            'channel': 'Blender',
+            'channel_id': 'UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
            'channel_follower_count': int,
-            'channel_id': 'UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
            'comment_count': int,
-            'description': 'md5:8fb536f4877b8a7455c2ec23794dbc22',
-            'duration': 10,
-            'end_time': 9,
-            'heatmap': 'count:100',
-            'like_count': int,
-            'live_status': 'not_live',
-            'playable_in_embed': True,
-            'start_time': 1,
-            'tags': 'count:1',
-            'thumbnail': r're:https?://i\.ytimg\.com/.+',
-            'timestamp': 1349198244,
-            'upload_date': '20121002',
-            'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
-            'uploader_id': '@PhilippHagemeister',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@PhilippHagemeister',
            'view_count': int,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'age_limit': 0,
+            'duration': 597,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YE7VzlLtp-4/maxresdefault.jpg',
+            'heatmap': 'count:100',
+            'start_time': 1.0,
+            'end_time': 9.0,
+            'categories': ['Film & Animation'],
+            'tags': 'count:16',
+            'timestamp': 1212060266,
+            'upload_date': '20080529',
+            'playable_in_embed': True,
+            'availability': 'public',
+            'live_status': 'not_live',
        },
-        'skip': 'Video unavailable',
    }, {
        'note': 'Embed-only video (#1746)',
        'url': '//www.YouTube.com/watch?v=yZIXLfi8CZQ',
@ -197,35 +198,36 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        'skip': 'Private video',
    }, {
        'note': 'Use the first video ID in the URL',
-        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc&v=yZIXLfi8CZQ',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4&v=BaW_jenozKc',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'BaW_jenozKc',
+            'id': 'YE7VzlLtp-4',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐',
-            'age_limit': 0,
-            'availability': 'public',
-            'categories': ['Science & Technology'],
-            'channel': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+            'title': 'Big Buck Bunny',
+            'description': 'md5:e95316924b5eca2a74b87ab0b290724a',
+            'media_type': 'video',
+            'uploader': 'Blender',
+            'uploader_id': '@BlenderOfficial',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@BlenderOfficial',
+            'channel': 'Blender',
+            'channel_id': 'UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
            'channel_follower_count': int,
-            'channel_id': 'UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqxVugv74EIW3VWh2NOa3Q',
            'comment_count': int,
-            'description': 'md5:8fb536f4877b8a7455c2ec23794dbc22',
-            'duration': 10,
-            'heatmap': 'count:100',
-            'like_count': int,
-            'live_status': 'not_live',
-            'playable_in_embed': True,
-            'tags': 'count:1',
-            'thumbnail': r're:https?://i\.ytimg\.com/.+',
-            'timestamp': 1349198244,
-            'upload_date': '20121002',
-            'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
-            'uploader_id': '@PhilippHagemeister',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@PhilippHagemeister',
            'view_count': int,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'age_limit': 0,
+            'duration': 597,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YE7VzlLtp-4/maxresdefault.jpg',
+            'heatmap': 'count:100',
+            'categories': ['Film & Animation'],
+            'tags': 'count:16',
+            'timestamp': 1212060266,
+            'upload_date': '20080529',
+            'playable_in_embed': True,
+            'availability': 'public',
+            'live_status': 'not_live',
        },
-        'skip': 'Video unavailable',
    }, {
        'note': '256k DASH audio (format 141) via DASH manifest',
        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LDPn-MO4I',
@ -823,10 +825,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        'url': 'sJL6WA-aGkQ',
        'only_matching': True,
    }, {
-        'url': 'https://invidio.us/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc',
+        'url': 'https://invidio.us/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4',
        'only_matching': True,
    }, {
-        'url': 'https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc',
+        'url': 'https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4',
        'only_matching': True,
    }, {
        # from https://nitter.pussthecat.org/YouTube/status/1360363141947944964#m