Use except .. as everywhere (#180)
[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / InfoExtractors.py
index f0d3e0c63e91766631121dd3c1ef06fc98e41d2a..f07735360ad82251f32cebb35c84395a60c31cd5 100644 (file)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                                        password = info[2]
                                else:
                                        raise netrc.NetrcParseError('No authenticators for %s' % self._NETRC_MACHINE)
-                       except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError), err:
+                       except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError) as err:
                                self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: parsing .netrc: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_lang()
                        urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to set language: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                        if re.search(r'(?i)<form[^>]* name="loginForm"', login_results) is not None:
                                self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: bad username or password')
                                return
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_age_confirmation()
                        age_results = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to confirm age: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id)
                try:
                        video_webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                                video_info = parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
                                if 'token' in video_info:
                                        break
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
                if 'token' not in video_info:
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                                request = urllib2.Request('http://video.google.com/timedtext?hl=en&type=list&v=%s' % video_id)
                                try:
                                        srt_list = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                        raise Trouble(u'WARNING: unable to download video subtitles: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                srt_lang_list = re.findall(r'name="([^"]*)"[^>]+lang_code="([\w\-]+)"', srt_list)
                                srt_lang_list = dict((l[1], l[0]) for l in srt_lang_list)
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
                                request = urllib2.Request('http://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?lang=%s&name=%s&v=%s' % (srt_lang, srt_lang_list[srt_lang], video_id))
                                try:
                                        srt_xml = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                        raise Trouble(u'WARNING: unable to download video subtitles: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                if not srt_xml:
                                        raise Trouble(u'WARNING: unable to download video subtitles')
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_disclaimer()
                        disclaimer = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to retrieve disclaimer: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_age_confirmation()
                        disclaimer = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to confirm age: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ class DailymotionIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ class GoogleIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ class GoogleIE(InfoExtractor):
                        request = urllib2.Request('http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s+site:video.google.com&hl=en' % abs(int(video_id)))
                        try:
                                webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
                        mobj = re.search(r'<img class=thumbnail-img (?:.* )?src=(http.*)>', webpage)
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ class PhotobucketIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
                        request = urllib2.Request(url)
                        try:
                                webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -1172,10 +1172,10 @@ class ArteTvIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(url)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
-               except ValueError, err:
+               except ValueError as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
                        return
                return webpage
@@ -1368,10 +1368,10 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
-               except ValueError, err:
+               except ValueError as err:
                        # since this is the last-resort InfoExtractor, if
                        # this error is thrown, it'll be thrown here
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(InfoExtractor):
                        request = urllib2.Request(result_url)
                        try:
                                data = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download API page: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
                        api_response = json.loads(data)['data']
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ class GoogleSearchIE(InfoExtractor):
                        request = urllib2.Request(result_url)
                        try:
                                page = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ class YahooSearchIE(InfoExtractor):
                        request = urllib2.Request(result_url)
                        try:
                                page = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
                        request = urllib2.Request(url)
                        try:
                                page = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
                        request = urllib2.Request(url)
                        try:
                                page = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ class YoutubeUserIE(InfoExtractor):
 
                        try:
                                page = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ class BlipTVUserIE(InfoExtractor):
                        page = urllib2.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
                        mobj = re.search(r'data-users-id="([^"]+)"', page)
                        page_base = page_base % mobj.group(1)
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ class BlipTVUserIE(InfoExtractor):
 
                        try:
                                page = urllib2.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ class DepositFilesIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(file_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve file webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
                                        password = info[2]
                                else:
                                        raise netrc.NetrcParseError('No authenticators for %s' % self._NETRC_MACHINE)
-                       except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError), err:
+                       except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError) as err:
                                self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: parsing .netrc: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
                        if re.search(r'<form(.*)name="login"(.*)</form>', login_results) is not None:
                                self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: bad username/password, or exceded login rate limit (~3/min). Check credentials or wait.')
                                return
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        page = urllib2.urlopen(request)
                        video_webpage = page.read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2285,13 +2285,13 @@ class BlipTVIE(InfoExtractor):
                                        'ext': ext,
                                        'urlhandle': urlh
                                }
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
                if info is None: # Regular URL
                        try:
                                json_code = urlh.read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to read video info webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -2321,7 +2321,7 @@ class BlipTVIE(InfoExtractor):
                                        'description': data['description'],
                                        'player_url': data['embedUrl']
                                }
-                       except (ValueError,KeyError), err:
+                       except (ValueError,KeyError) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to parse video information: %s' % repr(err))
                                return
 
@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ class MyVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ class ComedyCentralIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        htmlHandle = urllib2.urlopen(req)
                        html = htmlHandle.read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
                if dlNewest:
@@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@ class ComedyCentralIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        urlHandle = urllib2.urlopen(playerUrl_raw)
                        playerUrl = urlHandle.geturl()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to find out player URL: ' + compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@ class ComedyCentralIE(InfoExtractor):
                self.report_index_download(epTitle)
                try:
                        indexXml = urllib2.urlopen(indexUrl).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download episode index: ' + compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ class ComedyCentralIE(InfoExtractor):
                        self.report_config_download(epTitle)
                        try:
                                configXml = urllib2.urlopen(configReq).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ class EscapistIE(InfoExtractor):
                        webPageBytes = webPage.read()
                        m = re.match(r'text/html; charset="?([^"]+)"?', webPage.headers['Content-Type'])
                        webPage = webPageBytes.decode(m.group(1) if m else 'utf-8')
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: ' + compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2618,7 +2618,7 @@ class EscapistIE(InfoExtractor):
                self.report_config_download(showName)
                try:
                        configJSON = urllib2.urlopen(configUrl).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download configuration: ' + compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ class EscapistIE(InfoExtractor):
 
                try:
                        config = json.loads(configJSON)
-               except (ValueError,), err:
+               except (ValueError,) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid JSON in configuration file: ' + compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2674,7 +2674,7 @@ class CollegeHumorIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request(url)
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2695,7 +2695,7 @@ class CollegeHumorIE(InfoExtractor):
                xmlUrl = 'http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/video:' + internal_video_id
                try:
                        metaXml = urllib2.urlopen(xmlUrl).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video info XML: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ class XVideosIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request(r'http://www.xvideos.com/video' + video_id)
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ class SoundcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request('http://soundcloud.com/%s/%s' % (uploader, slug_title))
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ class InfoQIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request(url)
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -2980,7 +2980,7 @@ class MixcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
                        try:
                                urllib2.urlopen(url)
                                return url
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                url = None
 
                return None
@@ -3013,7 +3013,7 @@ class MixcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
                try:
                        self.report_download_json(file_url)
                        jsonData = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve file: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -3092,7 +3092,7 @@ class StanfordOpenClassroomIE(InfoExtractor):
                        xmlUrl = baseUrl + video + '.xml'
                        try:
                                metaXml = urllib2.urlopen(xmlUrl).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video info XML: %s' % compat_str(err))
                                return
                        mdoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(metaXml)
@@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ class StanfordOpenClassroomIE(InfoExtractor):
                        self.report_download_webpage(info['id'])
                        try:
                                coursepage = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download course info page: ' + compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -3155,7 +3155,7 @@ class StanfordOpenClassroomIE(InfoExtractor):
                        rootURL = 'http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/HomePage.php'
                        try:
                                rootpage = urllib2.urlopen(rootURL).read()
-                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download course info page: ' + compat_str(err))
                                return
 
@@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@ class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request(url)
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -3235,7 +3235,7 @@ class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request(videogen_url)
                try:
                        metadataXml = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video metadata: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@ class XNXXIE(InfoExtractor):
                # Get webpage content
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % err)
                        return
 
@@ -3497,7 +3497,7 @@ class GooglePlusIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request(post_url)
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve entry webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
 
@@ -3539,7 +3539,7 @@ class GooglePlusIE(InfoExtractor):
                request = urllib2.Request(video_page)
                try:
                        webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
-               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                        self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
                        return
                self.report_extract_vid_page(video_page)