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diff --git a/youtube/util.py b/youtube/util.py
index 2205645..a81ae83 100644
--- a/youtube/util.py
+++ b/youtube/util.py
@@ -317,3 +317,7 @@ def uppercase_escape(s):
return re.sub(
r'\\U([0-9a-fA-F]{8})',
lambda m: chr(int(m.group(1), base=16)), s)
+
+def prefix_url(url):
+ url = url.lstrip('/') # some urls have // before them, which has a special meaning
+ return '/' + url