@classmethod
def suitable(cls, url):
"""Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
- return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url) is not None
+
+ # This does not use has/getattr intentionally - we want to know whether
+ # we have cached the regexp for *this* class, whereas getattr would also
+ # match the superclass
+ if '_VALID_URL_RE' not in cls.__dict__:
+ cls._VALID_URL_RE = re.compile(cls._VALID_URL)
+ return cls._VALID_URL_RE.match(url) is not None
@classmethod
def working(cls):
except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
if errnote is None:
errnote = u'Unable to download webpage'
- raise ExtractorError(u'%s: %s' % (errnote, compat_str(err)), sys.exc_info()[2])
+ raise ExtractorError(u'%s: %s' % (errnote, compat_str(err)), sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None):
""" Returns a tuple (page content as string, URL handle) """