do not capture a group

9 years ago · 1186e3f91a
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/howstuffworks.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/howstuffworks.py
@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from ..utils import (


 class HowStuffWorksIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://[\da-z-]+\.howstuffworks\.com/(?:[^/]+/)*(\d+-)*(?P<id>.+?)-video\.htm'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://[\da-z-]+\.howstuffworks\.com/(?:[^/]+/)*(?:\d+-)?(?P<id>.+?)-video\.htm'
    _TESTS = [
        {
            'url': 'http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/5266-cool-jobs-iditarod-musher-video.htm',