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# Simplified yt-dlp logic def extract_playlist(url): webpage = download_webpage(url) # Extract ytInitialData JSON from <script> tags initial_data = extract_json(webpage, "ytInitialData") # Traverse JSON to get video IDs video_ids = [] for tab in initial_data['contents']['twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer']['tabs']: for item in tab['content']['sectionListRenderer']['contents']: for video in item['itemSectionRenderer']['contents']: if 'playlistVideoRenderer' in video: video_ids.append(video['playlistVideoRenderer']['videoId']) return video_ids

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