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 d39eb830f4a9ff5c5ec3b559a74ce2eb6b5c9806..470acf3ef4fa46490990b73e1b279749aaeffe41 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ __authors__  = (
     'Anthony Weems',
     'David Wagner',
     'Juan C. Olivares',
+    'Mattias Harrysson',
 )
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
@@ -226,6 +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)
@@ -315,7 +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',
@@ -553,6 +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'])