From 2f0f6578c3e4b82a5decc6f906a5f58b7b34c1a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Sergey=20M=E2=80=A4?= <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 22:38:44 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] [extractor/common] Assume non HTTP(S) URLs valid

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/common.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 7977fa8d0..cf39c0c21 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -767,6 +767,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 formats)
 
     def _is_valid_url(self, url, video_id, item='video'):
+        url = self._proto_relative_url(url, scheme='http:')
+        # For now assume non HTTP(S) URLs always valid
+        if not (url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://')):
+            return True
         try:
             self._request_webpage(url, video_id, 'Checking %s URL' % item)
             return True
-- 
2.22.2