Download Video with Proxy Oxylabs Got Error: This request was detected as a bot (already use PO Token)

[dmitrimahayana]

🐞 Bug Description

Earlier, I created a bugfix ticket #417.
However, I still can't use the proxy with po_token.
I passed parameters like client, use_po_token, po_token_verifier, and proxies,
I am using Oxylabs with ISP proxy.

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🔢 Code Snippet

Include the minimal code snippet that reproduces the issue.

proxy_user = "proxy_user:proxy_pass"
proxy_isp = "isp.oxylabs.io:8010"
proxies = {
	"http": f"http://{proxy_user}@{proxy_isp}",
	"https": f"https://{proxy_user}@{proxy_isp}"
}
media_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIdC5zESkBw"

visitorData = "Cgs5NjVVdWRqUi1NTSi44dq7BjIKCgJJRBIEGgAgaA%3D%3D"
poToken = "MnQLzlywy_HFbwv2p4LfsTj0ArWVcJ3UwbzDQbBP89M2bsuZRbULgcnV7WMYkXs41ZXBACGNKJF_BHGbW76c-DME1zRcVtRjPcAA2rnXRYFZe3BKKrinbrRY7sGtplmaPXPqFHf-RYjN2ecLriWjdbSTWTwkGQ=="
yt = YT(url=media_url, client="WEB", use_po_token=True, po_token_verifier=(visitorData, poToken), proxies=proxies)
print(f"Initialized object pytubefix with po_token_verifier visitorData:{visitorData} poToken:{poToken} proxy:{proxy_isp}")
yt_stream = yt.streams.filter(progressive=True, file_extension='mp4').order_by('resolution').desc().first()

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🎯 Expected Behavior

Normally, I can get the YouTube video based on the filter inside method yt.streams.filter

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🖥️ Environment Details

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• Operating System: Windows 11
• Python Version: 3.9.13
• Pytubefix Version: 8.12.0

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[JuanBindez]

It doesn't seem to be working well, if it continues like this I will downgrade, thanks for the details

[NannoSilver]

I am not very familiar on how the poToken works, but in my vision is likely the IP is part of the potoken output. If this is correct then it must be for the proxy IP, rather than the local machine IP.

[NannoSilver]

It doesn't seem to be working well, if it continues like this I will downgrade, thanks for the details

I think poToken should be kept even if there is some issue.
This will allow the issues to be tracked and resolved.
For the near future the poToken will be a must because Youtube is progressively blocking all the proxies, even residential proxies.

[JuanBindez]

Hello, yes, but we need to fix some things and it doesn't always need Po and it is showing messages saying that it needs Po, in excess this causes confusion, and I think that some blocks may not be due to Token, but perhaps header, I did some tests without being with pytubefix and I was not blocked even using the same IP, this indicates that it is not exactly an IP block but rather in the request, I will investigate further to understand how this is being done, to try not to depend 100% on PoToken

[dmitrimahayana]

Hi @JuanBindez @NannoSilver ,
Thanks for replying.
When I tried to deploy the pytubefix in AWS Lambda and passing the po_token without proxy, it returned different error:
Error 429: Too Many Requests.
But when I passed the proxy again, it returned This request was detected as bot.

Compared to my local test using my PC, I can use po_token smoothly but it always fails when passing the proxy.

[felipeucelli]

I am not very familiar on how the poToken works, but in my vision is likely the IP is part of the potoken output. If this is correct then it must be for the proxy IP, rather than the local machine IP.

The poToken receives the visitorData which contains data, for example the country of origin.

The poToken may also have an expiration time of times it can be used.

For some reason, sometimes poToken can work on different IPs than the one generated, but it is not guaranteed.