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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py19
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index ed382e10b..6769a009d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -999,15 +999,16 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
video_thumbnail = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['thumbnail_url'][0])
# upload date
- upload_date = None
- mobj = re.search(r'(?s)id="eow-date.*?>(.*?)</span>', video_webpage)
- if mobj is None:
- mobj = re.search(
- r'id="watch-uploader-info".*?>.*?(?:Published|Uploaded|Streamed live|Started) on (.*?)</strong>',
- video_webpage)
- if mobj is not None:
- upload_date = ' '.join(re.sub(r'[/,-]', r' ', mobj.group(1)).split())
- upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
+ upload_date = self._html_search_meta(
+ 'datePublished', video_webpage, 'upload date', default=None)
+ if not upload_date:
+ upload_date = self._search_regex(
+ [r'(?s)id="eow-date.*?>(.*?)</span>',
+ r'id="watch-uploader-info".*?>.*?(?:Published|Uploaded|Streamed live|Started) on (.+?)</strong>'],
+ video_webpage, 'upload date', default=None)
+ if upload_date:
+ upload_date = ' '.join(re.sub(r'[/,-]', r' ', mobj.group(1)).split())
+ upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
m_cat_container = self._search_regex(
r'(?s)<h4[^>]*>\s*Category\s*</h4>\s*<ul[^>]*>(.*?)</ul>',