[reddit] fix '/external-preview' embed downloads (#9037)

don't strip URL parameters
2026-02-10 18:59:17 +01:00
parent f67b99a7b4
commit 102f8da294
2 changed files with 14 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ class RedditExtractor(Extractor):

            if src := data.get("s"):
                if url := src.get("u") or src.get("gif") or src.get("mp4"):
-                    yield url.partition("?")[0].replace("/preview.", "/i.", 1)
+                    if "//external" not in url:
+                        url = url.partition("?")[0].replace(
+                            "/preview.", "/i.", 1)
+                    yield url
                else:
                    self.log.error(
                        "embed %s: unable to fetch download URL for item %s",