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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/common.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py index 7977fa8d0..cf39c0c21 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py @@ -767,6 +767,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object): formats) def _is_valid_url(self, url, video_id, item='video'): + url = self._proto_relative_url(url, scheme='http:') + # For now assume non HTTP(S) URLs always valid + if not (url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://')): + return True try: self._request_webpage(url, video_id, 'Checking %s URL' % item) return True |