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authorSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2015-05-30 22:52:02 +0600
committerSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2015-05-30 22:52:02 +0600
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[YoutubeDL] Do not loose request method information
-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 21d247f23..5fc8754c6 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from .utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     format_bytes,
     formatSeconds,
+    HEADRequest,
     locked_file,
     make_HTTPS_handler,
     MaxDownloadsReached,
@@ -1720,7 +1721,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             if req_is_string:
                 req = url_escaped
             else:
-                req = compat_urllib_request.Request(
+                req_type = HEADRequest if req.get_method() == 'HEAD' else compat_urllib_request.Request
+                req = req_type(
                     url_escaped, data=req.data, headers=req.headers,
                     origin_req_host=req.origin_req_host, unverifiable=req.unverifiable)