Repository: yt-dlp/yt-dlp
File: yt_dlp/extractor/pialive.py (Python)

Code before:
                start_info, 'start_info', fatal=False, group=('date', 'time'))
            if all((date, time)):
                release_timestamp_str = f'{date} {time} +09:00'
                release_timestamp = unified_timestamp(release_timestamp_str)
                self.raise_no_formats(f'The video will be available after {release_timestamp_str}', expected=True)
                return {
                    'id': program_code,
                    'title': title,
                    'live_status': 'is_upcoming',
                    'release_timestamp': release_timestamp,
                }

        payload, content_type = multipart_encode({
            'play_url': video_key,
            'api_key': self.API_KEY,
        })
        api_kwargs = {
            'video_id': program_code,
            'data': payload,
            'headers': {'Content-Type': content_type, 'Referer': self.PLAYER_ROOT_URL},
        }

        player_tag_list = self._download_json(
            f'{self.PIA_LIVE_API_URL}/perf/player-tag-list/{program_code}', **api_kwargs,
            note='Fetching player tag list', errnote='Unable to fetch player tag list')
        if self.get_param('getcomments'):
            chat_room_url = traverse_obj(self._download_json(
                f'{self.PIA_LIVE_API_URL}/perf/chat-tag-list/{program_code}/{article_code}', **api_kwargs,
                note='Fetching chat info', errnote='Unable to fetch chat info', fatal=False),
                ('data', 'chat_one_tag', {extract_attributes}, 'src', {url_or_none}))
        else:
            chat_room_url = None

        return self.url_result(
            extract_attributes(player_tag_list['data']['movie_one_tag'])['src'], url_transparent=True,
            video_title=title, display_id=program_code, __post_extractor=self.extract_comments(
                program_code, chat_room_url))

    def _get_comments(self, video_id, chat_room_url):
        if not chat_room_url:
            return
        if comment_page := self._download_webpage(
                chat_room_url, video_id, headers={'Referer': f'{self.PLAYER_ROOT_URL}'},
                note='Fetching comment page', errnote='Unable to fetch comment page', fatal=False):
            yield from traverse_obj(self._search_json(
                r'var\s+_history\s*=', comment_page, 'comment list',
                video_id, contains_pattern=r'\[(?s:.+)\]', fatal=False), (..., {
                    'timestamp': 0,
                    'author_is_uploader': (1, {lambda x: x == 2}),
                    'author': 2,
                    'text': 3,

Review comment (suggestion):
I'd move the initialization in front instead of having the else statement.
```suggestion
        chat_room_url = None
        if self.get_param('getcomments'):
```

Code after:
                release_timestamp = unified_timestamp(release_timestamp_str)
                self.raise_no_formats(f'The video will be available after {release_timestamp_str}', expected=True)
                return {
                    'id': program_code,
                    'title': title,
                    'live_status': 'is_upcoming',
                    'release_timestamp': release_timestamp,
                }

        payload, content_type = multipart_encode({
            'play_url': video_key,
            'api_key': self._API_KEY,
        })
        api_data_and_headers = {
            'data': payload,
            'headers': {'Content-Type': content_type, 'Referer': self._PLAYER_ROOT_URL},
        }

        player_tag_list = self._download_json(
            f'{self._PIA_LIVE_API_URL}/perf/player-tag-list/{program_code}', program_code,
            'Fetching player tag list', 'Unable to fetch player tag list', **api_data_and_headers)

        return self.url_result(
            extract_attributes(player_tag_list['data']['movie_one_tag'])['src'],
            url_transparent=True, title=title, display_id=program_code,
            __post_extractor=self.extract_comments(program_code, article_code, api_data_and_headers))

    def _get_comments(self, program_code, article_code, api_data_and_headers):
        chat_room_url = traverse_obj(self._download_json(
            f'{self._PIA_LIVE_API_URL}/perf/chat-tag-list/{program_code}/{article_code}', program_code,
            'Fetching chat info', 'Unable to fetch chat info', fatal=False, **api_data_and_headers),
            ('data', 'chat_one_tag', {extract_attributes}, 'src', {url_or_none}))
        if not chat_room_url:
            return
        comment_page = self._download_webpage(
            chat_room_url, program_code, 'Fetching comment page', 'Unable to fetch comment page',
            fatal=False, headers={'Referer': self._PLAYER_ROOT_URL})
        if not comment_page:
            return
        yield from traverse_obj(self._search_json(
            r'var\s+_history\s*=', comment_page, 'comment list',
            program_code, contains_pattern=r'\[(?s:.+)\]', fatal=False), (..., {
                'timestamp': (0, {int}),
                'author_is_uploader': (1, {lambda x: x == 2}),
                'author': (2, {str}),
                'text': (3, {str}),
                'id': (4, {str_or_none}),
            }))