mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
video_id = mobj.group(1)
- # Get video webpage
- video_webpage = self._download_webpage(
- 'http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id)
+ # Get video webpage. We are not actually interested in it, but need
+ # the cookies in order to be able to download the info webpage
+ self._download_webpage('http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id)
video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(
'http://ext.nicovideo.jp/api/getthumbinfo/' + video_id, video_id,