From d5f043d127cac1e8ec8a6eacde04ad1133600a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ChillingPepper <90042155+ChillingPepper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:38:38 +0100
Subject: [utils] js_to_json: Fix bug in f55523c (#5771)

Authored by: ChillingPepper, pukkandan
---
 yt_dlp/utils.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'yt_dlp/utils.py')

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index 43b5fda1d..64c83a77a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -3360,7 +3360,13 @@ def js_to_json(code, vars={}, *, strict=False):
                 return f'"{i}":' if v.endswith(':') else str(i)
 
         if v in vars:
-            return json.dumps(vars[v])
+            try:
+                if not strict:
+                    json.loads(vars[v])
+            except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+                return json.dumps(vars[v])
+            else:
+                return vars[v]
 
         if not strict:
             return f'"{v}"'
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