diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/views.py b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
index 6009568c..898c721d 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/api/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
@@ -688,13 +688,6 @@ class DownloadApiListView(ApiBaseView):
 
         pending = [i["youtube_id"] for i in to_add if i["status"] == "pending"]
         url_str = " ".join(pending)
-        # try:
-        #     youtube_ids = Parser(url_str).parse()
-        # except ValueError:
-        #     message = f"failed to parse: {url_str}"
-        #     print(message)
-        #     return Response({"message": message}, status=400)
-
         extrac_dl.delay(url_str, auto_start=auto_start)
 
         return Response(data)