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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py index 22898b5a1..729607ea3 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py @@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ class NiconicoIE(InfoExtractor): mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url) video_id = mobj.group(1) - # Get video webpage - video_webpage = self._download_webpage( - 'http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id) + # Get video webpage. We are not actually interested in it, but need + # the cookies in order to be able to download the info webpage + self._download_webpage('http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id) video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage( 'http://ext.nicovideo.jp/api/getthumbinfo/' + video_id, video_id, |