[youtube:search] Fix search query (Closes #5988)

9 years ago · 02175a7986
parent 8117df4cd9
commit 02175a7986
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, YoutubePlaylistIE):

        for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
            url_query = {
-                'search_query': query,
+                'search_query': query.encode('utf-8'),
                'page': pagenum,
                'spf': 'navigate',
            }