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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/utils.py15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 86b757103..cc792be6a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def xpath_element(node, xpath, name=None, fatal=False, default=NO_DEFAULT):
xpath = xpath.encode('ascii')
n = node.find(xpath)
- if n is None or n.text is None:
+ if n is None:
if default is not NO_DEFAULT:
return default
elif fatal:
@@ -193,7 +193,18 @@ def xpath_element(node, xpath, name=None, fatal=False, default=NO_DEFAULT):
def xpath_text(node, xpath, name=None, fatal=False, default=NO_DEFAULT):
- return xpath_element(node, xpath, name, fatal=fatal, default=default).text
+ n = xpath_element(node, xpath, name, fatal=fatal, default=default)
+ if n is None or n == default:
+ return n
+ if n.text is None:
+ if default is not NO_DEFAULT:
+ return default
+ elif fatal:
+ name = xpath if name is None else name
+ raise ExtractorError('Could not find XML element\'s text %s' % name)
+ else:
+ return None
+ return n.text
def xpath_attr(node, xpath, key, name=None, fatal=False, default=NO_DEFAULT):