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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+from test.helper import FakeYDL
+from youtube_dl.extractor.common import InfoExtractor
+from youtube_dl.extractor import YoutubeIE, get_info_extractor
+
+
+class TestIE(InfoExtractor):
+    pass
+
+
+class TestInfoExtractor(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.ie = TestIE(FakeYDL())
+
+    def test_ie_key(self):
+        self.assertEqual(get_info_extractor(YoutubeIE.ie_key()), YoutubeIE)
+
+    def test_html_search_regex(self):
+        html = '<p id="foo">Watch this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc">video</a></p>'
+        search = lambda re, *args: self.ie._html_search_regex(re, html, *args)
+        self.assertEqual(search(r'<p id="foo">(.+?)</p>', 'foo'), 'Watch this video')
+
+    def test_opengraph(self):
+        ie = self.ie
+        html = '''
+            <meta name="og:title" content='Foo'/>
+            <meta content="Some video's description " name="og:description"/>
+            <meta property='og:image' content='http://domain.com/pic.jpg?key1=val1&amp;key2=val2'/>
+            '''
+        self.assertEqual(ie._og_search_title(html), 'Foo')
+        self.assertEqual(ie._og_search_description(html), 'Some video\'s description ')
+        self.assertEqual(ie._og_search_thumbnail(html), 'http://domain.com/pic.jpg?key1=val1&key2=val2')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()