[extractor/common] Skip html comment tags (Closes #6822)

9 years ago · 586f1cc532
parent 73eb13dfc7
commit 586f1cc532
1 changed files with 1 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):

    @staticmethod
    def _hidden_inputs(html):
+        html = re.sub(r'<!--(?:(?!<!--).)*-->', '', html)
        hidden_inputs = {}
        for input in re.findall(r'(?i)<input([^>]+)>', html):
            if not re.search(r'type=(["\'])(?:hidden|submit)\1', input):