[extractor/common] Test URLs with GET

10 years ago · 4069766c52
1 changed files with 1 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@ -753,9 +753,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):

    def _is_valid_url(self, url, video_id, item='video'):
        try:
-            self._request_webpage(
-                HEADRequest(url), video_id,
-                'Checking %s URL' % item)
+            self._request_webpage(url, video_id, 'Checking %s URL' % item)
            return True
        except ExtractorError as e:
            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError):