Can't search for anything

[ghost]

Version

0.19.8

Steps to reproduce the bug

Just search for anything.

Expected behavior

I should see a list of items related to the search.

Actual behaviour

I see a "no results" screen with a error reporting suggestion.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

Exception

• User Action: searched
• Request: merzbow
• Content Language: en-US
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.19.8
• OS: Linux Android 10 - 29

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get ytInitialData
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getInitialData(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:203)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.extractClientVersionAndKey(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:222)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getKey(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:298)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeSearchExtractor.getNewNextPageFrom(YoutubeSearchExtractor.java:233)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeSearchExtractor.getInitialPage(YoutubeSearchExtractor.java:127)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.ExtractorHelper.getItemsPageOrLogError(ExtractorHelper.java:19)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.search.SearchInfo.getInfo(SearchInfo.java:55)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.search.SearchInfo.getInfo(SearchInfo.java:30)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$searchFor$0(ExtractorHelper.java:81)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.-$$Lambda$ExtractorHelper$BBduYDeZ_vXMQYaemaggmTPtqvA.call(Unknown Source:8)
	at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:44)
	at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3666)
	at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:578)
	at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:57)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:301)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)
Caused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser$RegexException: failed to find pattern "window\["ytInitialData"\]\s*=\s*(\{.*?\});
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser.matchGroup(Parser.java:72)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser.matchGroup(Parser.java:61)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser.matchGroup1(Parser.java:52)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getInitialData(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:200)
	... 20 more

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[opusforlife2]

Duplicate of #4201. When you have a crash report, you can paste the error message ("Could not get ytInitialData" in this case) in the issue search box to search for duplicates.