improved on awkward wording

Co-authored-by: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>

yt_dlp/extractor/ard.py

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ class ARDBetaMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
         (?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)
         /?(?:[?#]|$)'''
     _GEO_COUNTRIES = ['DE']
+    _TOKEN_URL = 'https://sso.ardmediathek.de/sso/token'
 
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/filme-im-mdr/liebe-auf-vier-pfoten/mdr-fernsehen/Y3JpZDovL21kci5kZS9zZW5kdW5nLzI4MjA0MC80MjIwOTEtNDAyNTM0',
@@ -367,21 +368,23 @@ class ARDBetaMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
         headers = {}
 
-        ams_cookie = self._get_cookies("https://sso.ardmediathek.de/sso/token").get("ams")
-        if ams_cookie:
-            token = self._download_json('https://sso.ardmediathek.de/sso/token', display_id,
-                                        fatal=False, note='Getting token for age verification')
-            id_token = traverse_obj(token, 'idToken')
-            if not id_token:
-                self.report_warning('Unable to find id token, continuing without authentication')
-
+        if self._get_cookies(self._TOKEN_URL).get('ams'):
+            token = self._download_json(
+                self._TOKEN_URL, display_id, 'Fetching token for age verification',
+                'Unable to fetch age verification token', fatal=False)
+            id_token = traverse_obj(token, ('idToken', {str}))
+            user_id = traverse_obj(id_token, ({jwt_decode_hs256}, ('user_id', 'sub'), {str}), get_all=False)
+            if not id_token or not user_id:
+                self.report_warning('Unable to extract token, continuing without authentication')
             else:
-                jwt_token_decoded = jwt_decode_hs256(id_token)
-                user_id = traverse_obj(jwt_token_decoded, 'user_id', 'sub')
-
                 headers['x-authorization'] = f'Bearer {id_token}'
                 query['userId'] = user_id
 
+            age_rating = traverse_obj(id_token, ({jwt_decode_hs256}, 'age_rating'), get_all=False)
+            if age_rating != 18:
+                self.report_warning(f'Authenticated age_rating is not 18, but "{age_rating}", '
+                                    'video might still be blocked')
+
         page_data = self._download_json(
             f'https://api.ardmediathek.de/page-gateway/pages/ard/item/{display_id}',
             display_id, query=query, headers=headers)
@@ -403,9 +406,9 @@ class ARDBetaMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
         media_data = traverse_obj(player_data, ('mediaCollection', 'embedded', {dict}))
 
         if player_data.get('blockedByFsk'):
-            self.raise_no_formats(
+            self.raise_login_required(
                 'This video is only available after 22:00, '
-                'try passing cookies to enable age verification ', expected=True)
+                'try passing cookies a verified account session to enable age verification ')
 
         formats = []
         subtitles = {}