Add an option to specify custom HTTP headers

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 910f3f4b9376332ff248dca3b593a61315255cd8..470acf3ef4fa46490990b73e1b279749aaeffe41 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ __authors__  = (
     'Niklas Laxström',
     'David Triendl',
     'Anthony Weems',
+    'David Wagner',
+    'Juan C. Olivares',
+    'Mattias Harrysson',
 )
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
@@ -224,6 +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)
@@ -313,7 +319,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
 
     video_format.add_option('-f', '--format',
             action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
-            help='video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", "bestaudio", "worst", and "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.')
+            help='video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: "-f 22/17/18". "-f mp4" and "-f flv" are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.')
     video_format.add_option('--all-formats',
             action='store_const', dest='format', help='download all available video formats', const='all')
     video_format.add_option('--prefer-free-formats',
@@ -428,6 +434,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
                   '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), '
                   '%(id)s for the video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in, '
                   '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist and %% for a literal percent. '
+                  '%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. '
+                  '%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. '
                   'Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a different directory, '
                   'for example with -o \'/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\' .'))
     filesystem.add_option('--autonumber-size',
@@ -549,6 +557,16 @@ 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'])