get url in python

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I'm writing a python script and I need to get the direct URL in a variable.
I did this but it prints the URL on screen and doesn't end up in the variable.

from __future__ import unicode_literals
import youtube_dl



ydl_opts = {
    'format': 'bestaudio/best',
    'forceurl': 'yes',
    'skip_download': 'yes',
}
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
    url = ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'])
    print('link:')
    print(str(url))

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This is expected behavior of forceurl. You must use extract_info.