From: Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 15:49:01 +0000 (+0700)
Subject: [youtube] Make uploader extraction non fatal (#16444)
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[youtube] Make uploader extraction non fatal (#16444)
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 1f29e8a4e..897398d20 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1697,9 +1697,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         self.report_information_extraction(video_id)
 
         # uploader
-        if 'author' not in video_info:
-            raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract uploader name')
-        video_uploader = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(video_info['author'][0])
+        video_uploader = try_get(video_info, lambda x: x['author'][0], compat_str)
+        if video_uploader:
+            video_uploader = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(video_uploader)
+        else:
+            self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract uploader name')
 
         # uploader_id
         video_uploader_id = None