else:
self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract uploader nickname')
- channel_id = self._html_search_meta(
- 'channelId', video_webpage, 'channel id')
+ channel_id = (
+ str_or_none(video_details.get('channelId')) or
+ self._html_search_meta(
+ 'channelId', video_webpage, 'channel id', default=None) or
+ self._search_regex(
+ r'data-channel-external-id=(["\'])(?P<id>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1',
+ video_webpage, 'channel id', default=None, group='id'))
channel_url = 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/%s' % channel_id if channel_id else None
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