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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py index 7a5bf9392..b893d8149 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from ..utils import ( ExtractorError, float_or_none, HEADRequest, + is_html, orderedSet, parse_xml, smuggle_url, @@ -647,7 +648,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor): # Maybe it's a direct link to a video? # Be careful not to download the whole thing! first_bytes = full_response.read(512) - if not re.match(r'^\s*<', first_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'replace')): + if not is_html(first_bytes): self._downloader.report_warning( 'URL could be a direct video link, returning it as such.') upload_date = unified_strdate( |