From: dirkf <fieldhouse@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 22:10:04 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [YouTube] Avoid crash in author extraction
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fa7f0effbe4e14fcf70e1dc4496371c9862b64b9;p=youtube-dl

[YouTube] Avoid crash in author extraction
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 24e2efbd9..9c419c002 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
             extract_attributes(self._search_regex(
                 r'''(?s)(<link\b[^>]+\bitemprop\s*=\s*("|')%s\2[^>]*>)'''
                 % re.escape(var_name),
-                get_element_by_attribute('itemprop', 'author', webpage) or '',
+                get_element_by_attribute('itemprop', 'author', webpage or '') or '',
                 'author link', default='')),
             paths[var_name][0])