Fix for videos with no description

pukkandan · Sep 22, 2020 · 2e31cdb · 2e31cdb
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commit 2e31cdb
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ def extract_unavailable_message():
             video_title = '_'
 
         m_description = re.search(r'"description":{"runs":\[{"text":"(.*?)"}\]}', video_webpage)
-        description_original = video_description = m_description.group(1).replace('\\n', '\n')
+        description_original = video_description = m_description.group(1).replace('\\n', '\n') if m_description!=None else ""
         if video_description:
 
             def replace_url(m):