From 037f379cf3364485421e61db05929926564720ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon <simobilleter@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:45:17 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] handle expected playlist extrac failure in postprocessing

---
 backend/download/src/yt_dlp_handler.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_handler.py b/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_handler.py
index ee14e2c9..78e50511 100644
--- a/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ class DownloadPostProcess(DownloaderBase):
             try:
                 playlist = YoutubePlaylist(playlist_id)
                 playlist.update_playlist(skip_on_empty=True)
+                if not playlist.json_data:
+                    raise ValueError("no json data extracted for playlist")
+
             except ValueError as err:
                 message = [
                     f"{playlist_id}: skip failed playlist import",