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diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 4c664ce6e..7c6e1becc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -63,10 +63,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
_real_extract() must return a *list* of information dictionaries as
described above.
+
+ Finally, the _WORKING attribute should be set to False for broken IEs
+ in order to warn the users and skip the tests.
"""
_ready = False
_downloader = None
+ _WORKING = True
def __init__(self, downloader=None):
"""Constructor. Receives an optional downloader."""
@@ -77,6 +81,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
"""Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
return re.match(self._VALID_URL, url) is not None
+ def working(self):
+ """Getter method for _WORKING."""
+ return self._WORKING
+
def initialize(self):
"""Initializes an instance (authentication, etc)."""
if not self._ready:
@@ -1891,6 +1899,7 @@ class DepositFilesIE(InfoExtractor):
class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
"""Information Extractor for Facebook"""
+ _WORKING = False
_VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?facebook\.com/(?:video/video|photo)\.php\?(?:.*?)v=(?P<ID>\d+)(?:.*)'
_LOGIN_URL = 'https://login.facebook.com/login.php?m&next=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fhome.php&'
_NETRC_MACHINE = 'facebook'