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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/common.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 52ae98be3..ec988fc90 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None):
""" Returns a tuple (page content as string, URL handle) """
+
+ # Strip hashes from the URL (#1038)
+ if isinstance(url_or_request, (compat_str, str)):
+ url_or_request = url_or_request.partition('#')[0]
+
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote)
content_type = urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
m = re.match(r'[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\s*;\s*charset=(.+)', content_type)