summary refs log tree commit diff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <jaime.marquinez.ferrandiz@gmail.com>2013-09-06 18:39:35 +0200
committerJaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <jaime.marquinez.ferrandiz@gmail.com>2013-09-06 18:39:35 +0200
commita7130543fa0368175740f5fa173ef920671db866 (patch)
tree2fb4a1ceb4998071335c969ce76bb117ab7ba937
parenta490fda7464a3cb9d7b5938305241740bae69efb (diff)
downloadyoutube-dl-a7130543fa0368175740f5fa173ef920671db866.tar.gz
youtube-dl-a7130543fa0368175740f5fa173ef920671db866.tar.xz
youtube-dl-a7130543fa0368175740f5fa173ef920671db866.zip
[generic] If the url doesn't specify the protocol, then try to extract prepending 'http://'
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index de7379a92..f92e61fea 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         return new_url
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
+        parsed_url = compat_urlparse.urlparse(url)
+        if not parsed_url.scheme:
+            self._downloader.report_warning('The url doesn\'t specify the protocol, trying with http')
+            return self.url_result('http://' + url)
+
         try:
             new_url = self._test_redirect(url)
             if new_url: