From c4f94545c9d3ce356f2f3149c8fde2134073cee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doe1080 <98906116+doe1080@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:53:29 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/niconico] Fix error detection (#16991)

Closes #16844
Authored by: doe1080
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/niconico.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/niconico.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/niconico.py
index 391eba2bea..e699e7bf11 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/niconico.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/niconico.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ class NiconicoIE(NiconicoBaseIE):
                 'actionTrackId': f'AAAAAAAAAA_{round(time_seconds() * 1000)}',
             }, expected_status=[400, 404])
 
-        api_data = api_resp['data']
+        api_data = traverse_obj(api_resp, ('data', {dict}))
         scheduled_time = traverse_obj(api_data, ('publishScheduledAt', {str}))
         status = traverse_obj(api_resp, ('meta', 'status', {int}))