diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index b26c34729..f668b362b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -415,6 +415,14 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
                     raise
         if not suitable_found:
                 self.trouble(u'ERROR: no suitable InfoExtractor: %s' % url)
+    def extract_info_iterable(self, urls):
+        '''
+            Return the videos founded for the urls
+        '''
+        results = []
+        for url in urls:
+            results.extend(self.extract_info(url))
+        return results
 
     def process_info(self, info_dict):
         """Process a single dictionary returned by an InfoExtractor."""