Merge pull request #2553 from anisse/master

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 07c9074fe2fe24c34fba062716f8ae175089d0fa..056e94457ae35bef07f2384a8dd732dbe7597f8f 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option('--referer',
             dest='referer', help='specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
             metavar='REF', default=None)
+    general.add_option('--add-header',
+            dest='headers', help='specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times', action="append",
+            metavar='FIELD:VALUE')
     general.add_option('--list-extractors',
             action='store_true', dest='list_extractors',
             help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle', default=False)
@@ -237,6 +240,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
         help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
     general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
+    general.add_option(
+        '--prefer-insecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
+        help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
     general.add_option(
         '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',
         help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
@@ -257,7 +263,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         action='store_true',
         help='Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
 
-
     selection.add_option(
         '--playlist-start',
         dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
@@ -554,6 +559,16 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
     if opts.referer is not None:
         std_headers['Referer'] = opts.referer
 
+    # Custom HTTP headers
+    if opts.headers is not None:
+        for h in opts.headers:
+            if h.find(':', 1) < 0:
+                parser.error(u'wrong header formatting, it should be key:value, not "%s"'%h)
+            key, value = h.split(':', 2)
+            if opts.verbose:
+                write_string(u'[debug] Adding header from command line option %s:%s\n'%(key, value))
+            std_headers[key] = value
+
     # Dump user agent
     if opts.dump_user_agent:
         compat_print(std_headers['User-Agent'])
@@ -756,6 +771,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'download_archive': download_archive_fn,
         'cookiefile': opts.cookiefile,
         'nocheckcertificate': opts.no_check_certificate,
+        'prefer_insecure': opts.prefer_insecure,
         'proxy': opts.proxy,
         'socket_timeout': opts.socket_timeout,
         'bidi_workaround': opts.bidi_workaround,