python pytube module: streams not working

Question

My Code, (I have tried code from other websites too)

from pytube import YouTube
yt = YouTube("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS8lASbvlpI")
myVideoStreams = yt.streams
print(myVideoStreams)

Error i got,

raise RegexMatchError(
pytube.exceptions.RegexMatchError: __init__: could not find match for ^\w+\W

Does this answer your question? [pytube.exceptions.RegexMatchError: \_\_init\_\_: could not find match for ^\w+\W](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70776558/pytube-exceptions-regexmatcherror-init-could-not-find-match-for-w-w) — Harsha Biyani, Jan 24 '22 at 06:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '22 at 18:03

I had same issue when I had pytube with version 10.6.1.

I simply updated it by First Uninstalling it :

pip uninstall pytube

Then reinstalling it by:

pip install pytube

I currently have pytube with version 12.1.2 and issue was resolved for me and hopefully your get resolved too.

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