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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 524215408..51dbbc8db 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -503,14 +503,14 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
self.to_screen('%s: Requesting header' % video_id)
head_req = HEADRequest(url)
- response = self._request_webpage(
+ head_response = self._request_webpage(
head_req, video_id,
note=False, errnote='Could not send HEAD request to %s' % url,
fatal=False)
- if response is not False:
+ if head_response is not False:
# Check for redirect
- new_url = response.geturl()
+ new_url = head_response.geturl()
if url != new_url:
self.report_following_redirect(new_url)
if force_videoid:
@@ -518,34 +518,35 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
new_url, {'force_videoid': force_videoid})
return self.url_result(new_url)
- # Check for direct link to a video
- content_type = response.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
- m = re.match(r'^(?P<type>audio|video|application(?=/ogg$))/(?P<format_id>.+)$', content_type)
- if m:
- upload_date = response.headers.get('Last-Modified')
- if upload_date:
- upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
- return {
- 'id': video_id,
- 'title': os.path.splitext(url_basename(url))[0],
- 'formats': [{
- 'format_id': m.group('format_id'),
- 'url': url,
- 'vcodec': 'none' if m.group('type') == 'audio' else None
- }],
- 'upload_date': upload_date,
- }
+ full_response = None
+ if head_response is False:
+ full_response = self._request_webpage(url, video_id)
+ head_response = full_response
+
+ # Check for direct link to a video
+ content_type = head_response.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
+ m = re.match(r'^(?P<type>audio|video|application(?=/ogg$))/(?P<format_id>.+)$', content_type)
+ if m:
+ upload_date = unified_strdate(
+ head_response.headers.get('Last-Modified'))
+ return {
+ 'id': video_id,
+ 'title': os.path.splitext(url_basename(url))[0],
+ 'formats': [{
+ 'format_id': m.group('format_id'),
+ 'url': url,
+ 'vcodec': 'none' if m.group('type') == 'audio' else None
+ }],
+ 'upload_date': upload_date,
+ }
if not self._downloader.params.get('test', False) and not is_intentional:
self._downloader.report_warning('Falling back on generic information extractor.')
- try:
+ if full_response:
+ webpage = _webpage_read_content(url, video_id)
+ else:
webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- except ValueError:
- # since this is the last-resort InfoExtractor, if
- # this error is thrown, it'll be thrown here
- raise ExtractorError('Failed to download URL: %s' % url)
-
self.report_extraction(video_id)
# Is it an RSS feed?