From 99ea2978757a431eeb2a265b3395ccbe4ce202cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:53:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/tiktok] Improve error handling (#12445)

Closes #8678
Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
index 9e53b34072..19336252b1 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ class TikTokBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         elif fatal:
             raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract webpage video data')
 
+        if not traverse_obj(video_data, ('video', {dict})) and traverse_obj(video_data, ('isContentClassified', {bool})):
+            message = 'This post may not be comfortable for some audiences. Log in for access'
+            if fatal:
+                self.raise_login_required(message)
+            self.report_warning(f'{message}. {self._login_hint()}', video_id=video_id)
+
         return video_data, status
 
     def _get_subtitles(self, aweme_detail, aweme_id, user_name):
@@ -895,8 +901,12 @@ class TikTokIE(TikTokBaseIE):
 
         if video_data and status == 0:
             return self._parse_aweme_video_web(video_data, url, video_id)
-        elif status == 10216:
-            raise ExtractorError('This video is private', expected=True)
+        elif status in (10216, 10222):
+            # 10216: private post; 10222: private account
+            self.raise_login_required(
+                'You do not have permission to view this post. Log into an account that has access')
+        elif status == 10204:
+            raise ExtractorError('Your IP address is blocked from accessing this post', expected=True)
         raise ExtractorError(f'Video not available, status code {status}', video_id=video_id)