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: