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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/utils.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py index d920c65a4..8828161e5 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/utils.py +++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py @@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ if sys.version_info >= (2, 7): return node.find(expr) else: def find_xpath_attr(node, xpath, key, val): + # Here comes the crazy part: In 2.6, if the xpath is a unicode, + # .//node does not match if a node is a direct child of . ! + if isinstance(xpath, unicode): + xpath = xpath.encode('ascii') + for f in node.findall(xpath): if f.attrib.get(key) == val: return f |