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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/common.py10
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 08b8ad37c..ee64ad329 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -391,6 +391,16 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
if blocked_iframe:
msg += ' Visit %s for more details' % blocked_iframe
raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
+ if '<title>The URL you requested has been blocked</title>' in content[:512]:
+ msg = (
+ 'Access to this webpage has been blocked by Indian censorship. '
+ 'Use a VPN or proxy server (with --proxy) to route around it.')
+ block_msg = self._html_search_regex(
+ r'</h1><p>(.*?)</p>',
+ content, 'block message', default=None)
+ if block_msg:
+ msg += ' (Message: "%s")' % block_msg.replace('\n', ' ')
+ raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
return content