youtube-dl

commit 931bc3c3a719fe33101c05b9fdc4e6ad8eb08bdc
parent db1e9ee7716ffb39de6dae7211f58c3faa66cf6b
Author: Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 30 May 2015 22:52:02 +0600

[YoutubeDL] Do not loose request method information

Diffstat:
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youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
 | 
4
+++-

1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from .utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     format_bytes,
     formatSeconds,
+    HEADRequest,
     locked_file,
     make_HTTPS_handler,
     MaxDownloadsReached,
@@ -1720,7 +1721,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             if req_is_string:
                 req = url_escaped
             else:
-                req = compat_urllib_request.Request(
+                req_type = HEADRequest if req.get_method() == 'HEAD' else compat_urllib_request.Request
+                req = req_type(
                     url_escaped, data=req.data, headers=req.headers,
                     origin_req_host=req.origin_req_host, unverifiable=req.unverifiable)