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)
+ default_search = self._downloader.params.get('default_search')
+ if default_search is None:
+ default_search = 'auto'
+
+ if default_search == 'auto':
+ if '/' in url:
+ self._downloader.report_warning('The url doesn\'t specify the protocol, trying with http')
+ return self.url_result('http://' + url)
+ else:
+ return self.url_result('ytsearch:' + url)
+ else:
+ assert ':' in default_search
+ return self.url_result(default_search + url)
video_id = os.path.splitext(url.split('/')[-1])[0]
self.to_screen('%s: Requesting header' % video_id)