[utils] Introduce base_url

test/test_utils.py

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     uppercase_escape,
     lowercase_escape,
     url_basename,
+    base_url,
     urlencode_postdata,
     urshift,
     update_url_query,
@@ -437,6 +438,13 @@ def test_url_basename(self):
             url_basename('http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4'),
             'trailer.mp4')
 
+    def test_base_url(self):
+        self.assertEqual(base_url('http://foo.de/'), 'http://foo.de/')
+        self.assertEqual(base_url('http://foo.de/bar'), 'http://foo.de/')
+        self.assertEqual(base_url('http://foo.de/bar/'), 'http://foo.de/bar/')
+        self.assertEqual(base_url('http://foo.de/bar/baz'), 'http://foo.de/bar/')
+        self.assertEqual(base_url('http://foo.de/bar/baz?x=z/x/c'), 'http://foo.de/bar/')
+
     def test_parse_age_limit(self):
         self.assertEqual(parse_age_limit(None), None)
         self.assertEqual(parse_age_limit(False), None)

youtube_dl/extractor/common.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from ..utils import (
     NO_DEFAULT,
     age_restricted,
+    base_url,
     bug_reports_message,
     clean_html,
     compiled_regex_type,
@@ -1539,7 +1540,7 @@ def _extract_mpd_formats(self, mpd_url, video_id, mpd_id=None, note=None, errnot
         if res is False:
             return []
         mpd, urlh = res
-        mpd_base_url = re.match(r'https?://[^?#&]+/', urlh.geturl()).group()
+        mpd_base_url = base_url(urlh.geturl())
 
         return self._parse_mpd_formats(
             compat_etree_fromstring(mpd.encode('utf-8')), mpd_id, mpd_base_url,
@@ -1797,7 +1798,7 @@ def _parse_ism_formats(self, ism_doc, ism_url, ism_id=None):
         if ism_doc.get('IsLive') == 'TRUE' or ism_doc.find('Protection') is not None:
             return []
 
-        ism_base_url = re.match(r'https?://.+/', ism_url).group()
+        ism_base_url = base_url(ism_url)
 
         duration = int(ism_doc.attrib['Duration'])
         timescale = int_or_none(ism_doc.get('TimeScale')) or 10000000

youtube_dl/utils.py

@@ -1691,6 +1691,10 @@ def url_basename(url):
     return path.strip('/').split('/')[-1]
 
 
+def base_url(url):
+    return re.match(r'https?://[^?#&]+/', url).group()
+
+
 class HEADRequest(compat_urllib_request.Request):
     def get_method(self):
         return 'HEAD'