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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2015-2019 Mike Fährmann
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+"""Downloader modules"""
+
+import importlib
+
+modules = [
+    "http",
+    "text",
+    "ytdl",
+]
+
+
+def find(scheme):
+    """Return downloader class suitable for handling the given scheme"""
+    try:
+        return _cache[scheme]
+    except KeyError:
+        klass = None
+        try:
+            if scheme in modules:  # prevent unwanted imports
+                module = importlib.import_module("." + scheme, __package__)
+                klass = module.__downloader__
+        except (ImportError, AttributeError, TypeError):
+            pass
+        _cache[scheme] = klass
+        return klass
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# internals
+
+_cache = {}