[generic] If the url doesn't specify the protocol, then try to extract prepending 'http://'

2013-09-06 18:39:35 +02:00 · 2013-09-06 18:39:35 +02:00 · a7130543fa
commit a7130543fa
parent a490fda746
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- 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: