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authorJaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <jaime.marquinez.ferrandiz@gmail.com>2013-09-03 11:11:36 +0200
committerJaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <jaime.marquinez.ferrandiz@gmail.com>2013-09-03 11:11:36 +0200
commit9c2ade40de53bae865c5267642651c81d16e48a8 (patch)
tree230e424cd2144f3e5feaf156a3fcd61eddde54a5 /youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
parentaa32314d09cf0ab3fad1efc2c5657e6704a7e47b (diff)
[vimeo] Handle Assertions Error when trying to get the description
In some pages the html tags are not closed, python 2.6 cannot handle it.
Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py')
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
index dee4175ef..4a7d82b7a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -148,9 +148,17 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor):
_, video_thumbnail = sorted((int(width), t_url) for (width, t_url) in config["video"]["thumbs"].items())[-1]
# Extract video description
- video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage)
- if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description)
- else: video_description = u''
+ video_description = None
+ try:
+ video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage)
+ if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description)
+ except AssertionError as err:
+ # On some pages like (http://player.vimeo.com/video/54469442) the
+ # html tags are not closed, python 2.6 cannot handle it
+ if err.args[0] == 'we should not get here!':
+ pass
+ else:
+ raise
# Extract upload date
video_upload_date = None