[downloaders] Fix API access

Bug introduced by: 52a8a1e1b9
4 years ago · 68379de561
parent d9aa233295
commit 68379de561
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/init.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/init.py
@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, params={}, default=HttpFD):

    downloaders = params.get('external_downloader')
    external_downloader = (
-        downloaders if isinstance(downloaders, compat_str)
+        downloaders if isinstance(downloaders, compat_str) or downloaders is None
        else downloaders.get(shorten_protocol_name(protocol, True), downloaders.get('default')))
    if external_downloader and external_downloader.lower() == 'native':
        external_downloader = 'native'