Throw a better error if the protocol is invalid

2013-05-13 19:54:07 +02:00 · 2013-05-13 19:54:07 +02:00 · 419c64b107
commit 419c64b107
parent 99a5ae3f8e
1 changed files with 2 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@ -1304,6 +1304,8 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
            opener.add_handler(handler())

        response = opener.open(HeadRequest(url))
+        if response is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL protocol')
        new_url = response.geturl()

        if url == new_url: