- # Check for direct link to a video
- content_type = response.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
- m = re.match(r'^(?P<type>audio|video|application(?=/ogg$))/(?P<format_id>.+)$', content_type)
- if m:
- upload_date = response.headers.get('Last-Modified')
- if upload_date:
- upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
- return {
- 'id': video_id,
- 'title': os.path.splitext(url_basename(url))[0],
- 'formats': [{
- 'format_id': m.group('format_id'),
- 'url': url,
- 'vcodec': 'none' if m.group('type') == 'audio' else None
- }],
- 'upload_date': upload_date,
- }
+ full_response = None
+ if head_response is False:
+ full_response = self._request_webpage(url, video_id)
+ head_response = full_response
+
+ # Check for direct link to a video
+ content_type = head_response.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
+ m = re.match(r'^(?P<type>audio|video|application(?=/ogg$))/(?P<format_id>.+)$', content_type)
+ if m:
+ upload_date = unified_strdate(
+ head_response.headers.get('Last-Modified'))
+ return {
+ 'id': video_id,
+ 'title': os.path.splitext(url_basename(url))[0],
+ 'direct': True,
+ 'formats': [{
+ 'format_id': m.group('format_id'),
+ 'url': url,
+ 'vcodec': 'none' if m.group('type') == 'audio' else None
+ }],
+ 'upload_date': upload_date,
+ }