[GH-ISSUE #123] Search: KeyError: 'playNavigationEndpoint' #88

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opened 2026-02-27 22:07:57 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-27 22:07:57 +03:00

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Originally created by @chaos87 on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/123

First of all thanks for the quick turnaround with v0.12

I'm testing it, and I found an example where search breaks

from ytmusicapi import YTMusic
ytmusic = YTMusic()

results = ytmusic.search("dinosaur jr.")

returns

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KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-3361a2d6b6c2> in <module>()
----> 1 results = ytmusic.search("dinosaur jr")

/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ytmusicapi/parsers/browsing.py in parse_search_results(self, results, resultType)
     29             if resultType in ['song', 'video']:
     30                 search_result['videoId'] = nav(
---> 31                     data, PLAY_BUTTON)['playNavigationEndpoint']['watchEndpoint']['videoId']
     32                 search_result['title'] = get_item_text(data, 0)
     33 

KeyError: 'playNavigationEndpoint'

Originally created by @chaos87 on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/123 First of all thanks for the quick turnaround with v0.12 I'm testing it, and I found an example where search breaks ```python from ytmusicapi import YTMusic ytmusic = YTMusic() results = ytmusic.search("dinosaur jr.") ``` returns ```python --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KeyError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-3-3361a2d6b6c2> in <module>() ----> 1 results = ytmusic.search("dinosaur jr") /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ytmusicapi/parsers/browsing.py in parse_search_results(self, results, resultType) 29 if resultType in ['song', 'video']: 30 search_result['videoId'] = nav( ---> 31 data, PLAY_BUTTON)['playNavigationEndpoint']['watchEndpoint']['videoId'] 32 search_result['title'] = get_item_text(data, 0) 33 KeyError: 'playNavigationEndpoint' ```

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kerem commented

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@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020):

This must be new as well, I don't recall seeing unplayable items turn up in search results. Thanks for testing it!

@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020): This must be new as well, I don't recall seeing unplayable items turn up in search results. Thanks for testing it!

kerem commented

2026-02-27 22:07:58 +03:00

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@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020):

Feel free to reopen if you happen to find another query with issues.

@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020): Feel free to reopen if you happen to find another query with issues.