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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index d39f313a4..65556d056 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -259,6 +259,15 @@ def get_element_by_attribute(attribute, value, html):
     return unescapeHTML(res)
 
 
+def extract_attributes(attributes_str, attributes_regex=r'(?s)\s*([^\s=]+)\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']+)["\']'):
+    attributes = re.findall(attributes_regex, attributes_str)
+    attributes_dict = {}
+    if attributes:
+        for (attribute_name, attribute_value) in attributes:
+            attributes_dict[attribute_name] = attribute_value
+    return attributes_dict
+
+
 def clean_html(html):
     """Clean an HTML snippet into a readable string"""