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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index a1713dc5a..b485dbdf1 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1250,12 +1250,13 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
# urllib chokes on URLs with non-ASCII characters (see http://bugs.python.org/issue3991)
# To work around aforementioned issue we will replace request's original URL with
# percent-encoded one
- url = req if isinstance(req, compat_str) else req.get_full_url()
+ req_is_string = isinstance(req, basestring)
+ url = req if req_is_string else req.get_full_url()
url_escaped = escape_url(url)
# Substitute URL if any change after escaping
if url != url_escaped:
- if isinstance(req, compat_str):
+ if req_is_string:
req = url_escaped
else:
req = compat_urllib_request.Request(