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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py index 4002dcfdd..da202b9bc 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py @@ -2100,8 +2100,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor): else: self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract uploader nickname') - channel_id = self._html_search_meta( - 'channelId', video_webpage, 'channel id') + channel_id = ( + str_or_none(video_details.get('channelId')) or + self._html_search_meta( + 'channelId', video_webpage, 'channel id', default=None) or + self._search_regex( + r'data-channel-external-id=(["\'])(?P<id>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1', + video_webpage, 'channel id', default=None, group='id')) channel_url = 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/%s' % channel_id if channel_id else None # thumbnail image |