From 4a4aabe3745d95ed2c2ac9bc40148932b6ba6ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <bashonly@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:43:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/tiktok] Improve error handling

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
index 9e53b3407..ca1225ed6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
@@ -249,6 +249,19 @@ def _extract_web_data_and_status(self, url, video_id, fatal=True):
         elif fatal:
             raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract webpage video data')
 
+        if not video_data.get('video'):
+            msg = None
+            if traverse_obj(video_data, ('isContentClassified', {bool})):
+                msg = 'This post may not be comfortable for some audiences. Log in for access'
+            elif traverse_obj(video_data, (
+                ('secret', 'forFriend', 'privateItem'), {bool}, {lambda x: x is True or None}, any),
+            ):
+                msg = 'You do not have permission to view this post. Log into an account that has access'
+            if msg and fatal:
+                self.raise_login_required(msg)
+            elif msg:
+                self.report_warning(msg, video_id=video_id)
+
         return video_data, status
 
     def _get_subtitles(self, aweme_detail, aweme_id, user_name):