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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/utils.py | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py index a5f584ec5..fea38ed32 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/utils.py +++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py @@ -3970,7 +3970,8 @@ def escape_rfc3986(s): """Escape non-ASCII characters as suggested by RFC 3986""" if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and isinstance(s, compat_str): s = s.encode('utf-8') - return compat_urllib_parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]") + # ensure unicode: after quoting, it can always be converted + return compat_str(compat_urllib_parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]")) def escape_url(url): |