[YoutubeDL] improve error message for file:/// URLs

8 years ago · 4240d50496
parent 6240b0a278
commit 4240d50496
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
        file_handler = compat_urllib_request.FileHandler()

        def file_open(*args, **kwargs):
-            raise compat_urllib_error.URLError('file protocol is disabled')
+            raise compat_urllib_error.URLError('file:/// protocol is explicitly disabled in youtube-dl for security reasons')
        file_handler.file_open = file_open

        opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(