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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index be788cf5a..64ab30910 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+import email.utils
import errno
import gzip
import io
import json
import locale
import os
+import platform
import re
+import socket
import sys
import traceback
import zlib
-import email.utils
-import socket
-import datetime
try:
import urllib.request as compat_urllib_request
@@ -732,3 +733,13 @@ class DateRange(object):
return self.start <= date <= self.end
def __str__(self):
return '%s - %s' % ( self.start.isoformat(), self.end.isoformat())
+
+
+def platform_name():
+ """ Returns the platform name as a compat_str """
+ res = platform.platform()
+ if isinstance(res, bytes):
+ res = res.decode(preferredencoding())
+
+ assert isinstance(res, compat_str)
+ return res