WebVideoItem and HTTP Response Status 301

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Well, I implemented a workaround. I’m no Python expert so this was cobbled together from what I found online, but it works.



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#import urllib2<br />
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class GetRedirectLocation(urllib2.HTTPRedirectHandler):<br />
  def http_error_301(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers):<br />
    return headers.get("Location")<br />
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def GetRedirectIfPresent(url):<br />
  req = urllib2.Request(url)<br />
  opener = urllib2.build_opener(GetRedirectLocation())<br />
  redirect = opener.open(req)<br />
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  if isinstance(redirect, str): # If not a 301 it won't hit the custom function above and will return a normal response object<br />
    return redirect<br />
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  return url<br />