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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 206dd56bc..bcebf9cc5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ def get_element_by_attribute(attribute, value, html):
return unescapeHTML(res)
+def extract_attributes(attributes_str, attributes_regex=r'(?s)\s*([^\s=]+)\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']+)["\']'):
+ attributes = re.findall(attributes_regex, attributes_str)
+ attributes_dict = {}
+ if attributes:
+ attributes_dict = {attribute_name: attribute_value for (attribute_name, attribute_value) in attributes}
+ return attributes_dict
+
+
def clean_html(html):
"""Clean an HTML snippet into a readable string"""