[youtube] Set the thumbnail to None if it can't be extracted

11 years ago · f490e77e77
parent 2dc592991a
commit f490e77e77
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
            video_thumbnail = m_thumb.group(1)
        elif 'thumbnail_url' not in video_info:
            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to extract video thumbnail')
-            video_thumbnail = ''
+            video_thumbnail = None
        else:   # don't panic if we can't find it
            video_thumbnail = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['thumbnail_url'][0])