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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py')
| -rwxr-xr-x | youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py index 21d247f23..5fc8754c6 100755 --- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py +++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from .utils import ( ExtractorError, format_bytes, formatSeconds, + HEADRequest, locked_file, make_HTTPS_handler, MaxDownloadsReached, @@ -1720,7 +1721,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object): if req_is_string: req = url_escaped else: - req = compat_urllib_request.Request( + req_type = HEADRequest if req.get_method() == 'HEAD' else compat_urllib_request.Request + req = req_type( url_escaped, data=req.data, headers=req.headers, origin_req_host=req.origin_req_host, unverifiable=req.unverifiable) |