1 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 60cab6f4e..450c7dfd6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import base64
+import datetime
 import hashlib
 import json
 import netrc
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
     compiled_regex_type,
     ExtractorError,
+    float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
     RegexNotFoundError,
     sanitize_filename,
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     Unless mentioned otherwise, the fields should be Unicode strings.
 
+    Unless mentioned otherwise, None is equivalent to absence of information.
+
     Subclasses of this one should re-define the _real_initialize() and
     _real_extract() methods and define a _VALID_URL regexp.
     Probably, they should also be added to the list of extractors.
@@ -165,6 +169,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         return cls._VALID_URL_RE.match(url) is not None
 
     @classmethod
+    def _match_id(cls, url):
+        if '_VALID_URL_RE' not in cls.__dict__:
+            cls._VALID_URL_RE = re.compile(cls._VALID_URL)
+        m = cls._VALID_URL_RE.match(url)
+        assert m
+        return m.group('id')
+
+    @classmethod
     def working(cls):
         """Getter method for _WORKING."""
         return cls._WORKING
@@ -324,7 +336,11 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         try:
             return json.loads(json_string)
         except ValueError as ve:
-            raise ExtractorError('Failed to download JSON', cause=ve)
+            errmsg = '%s: Failed to parse JSON ' % video_id
+            if fatal:
+                raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
+            else:
+                self.report_warning(errmsg + str(ve))
 
     def report_warning(self, msg, video_id=None):
         idstr = '' if video_id is None else '%s: ' % video_id
@@ -705,6 +721,34 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         self._sort_formats(formats)
         return formats
 
+    def _live_title(self, name):
+        """ Generate the title for a live video """
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        now_str = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
+        return name + ' ' + now_str
+
+    def _int(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
+        res = int_or_none(v, **kwargs)
+        if 'get_attr' in kwargs:
+            print(getattr(v, kwargs['get_attr']))
+        if res is None:
+            msg = 'Failed to extract %s: Could not parse value %r' % (name, v)
+            if fatal:
+                raise ExtractorError(msg)
+            else:
+                self._downloader.report_warning(msg)
+        return res
+
+    def _float(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
+        res = float_or_none(v, **kwargs)
+        if res is None:
+            msg = 'Failed to extract %s: Could not parse value %r' % (name, v)
+            if fatal:
+                raise ExtractorError(msg)
+            else:
+                self._downloader.report_warning(msg)
+        return res
+
 
 class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """