From 9c2ade40de53bae865c5267642651c81d16e48a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaime=20Marqui=CC=81nez=20Ferra=CC=81ndiz?= Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 11:11:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [vimeo] Handle Assertions Error when trying to get the description In some pages the html tags are not closed, python 2.6 cannot handle it. --- youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py index dee4175ef..4a7d82b7a 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py @@ -148,9 +148,17 @@ def _real_extract(self, url, new_video=True): _, video_thumbnail = sorted((int(width), t_url) for (width, t_url) in config["video"]["thumbs"].items())[-1] # Extract video description - video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage) - if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description) - else: video_description = u'' + video_description = None + try: + video_description = get_element_by_attribute("itemprop", "description", webpage) + if video_description: video_description = clean_html(video_description) + except AssertionError as err: + # On some pages like (http://player.vimeo.com/video/54469442) the + # html tags are not closed, python 2.6 cannot handle it + if err.args[0] == 'we should not get here!': + pass + else: + raise # Extract upload date video_upload_date = None