[extractor] Allow control characters inside json

Closes #3174
3 years ago · 700ccbe3f1
parent 12a64f2777
commit 700ccbe3f1
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
        if transform_source:
            json_string = transform_source(json_string)
        try:
-            return json.loads(json_string)
+            return json.loads(json_string, strict=False)
        except ValueError as ve:
            errmsg = '%s: Failed to parse JSON ' % video_id
            if fatal: