[ie/bbc] Fix JSON parsing bug

Authored by: bashonly
5 months ago · 19741ab8a4
parent 37755a037e
commit 19741ab8a4
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ class BBCIE(BBCCoUkIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
        if initial_data is None:
            initial_data = self._search_regex(
                r'window\.__INITIAL_DATA__\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;', webpage,
-                'preload state', default={})
+                'preload state', default='{}')
        else:
            initial_data = self._parse_json(initial_data or '"{}"', playlist_id, fatal=False)
        initial_data = self._parse_json(initial_data, playlist_id, fatal=False)