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diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index fba99af8d..b20837ce2 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
import ctypes
from .compat import (
+ compat_basestring,
compat_cookiejar,
compat_expanduser,
compat_get_terminal_size,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ from .compat import (
compat_urllib_error,
compat_urllib_request,
compat_urllib_request_DataHandler,
+ compat_urllib_request_Request,
)
from .utils import (
ContentTooShortError,
@@ -1871,6 +1873,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
def urlopen(self, req):
""" Start an HTTP download """
+ if isinstance(req, compat_basestring):
+ req = compat_urllib_request_Request(req)
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
def print_debug_header(self):