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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index b24599d5f..5767662ed 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1033,11 +1033,19 @@ class InfoExtractor:
expected_status=expected_status)
return res if res is False else res[0]
- def _parse_json(self, json_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True):
+ def _parse_json(self, json_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True, lenient=False):
if transform_source:
json_string = transform_source(json_string)
try:
- return json.loads(json_string, strict=False)
+ try:
+ return json.loads(json_string, strict=False)
+ except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+ if not lenient:
+ raise
+ try:
+ return json.loads(json_string[:e.pos], strict=False)
+ except ValueError:
+ raise e
except ValueError as ve:
errmsg = '%s: Failed to parse JSON ' % video_id
if fatal: