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 f843036c71e75cde73285351b10d7f06c3f7e542..470acf3ef4fa46490990b73e1b279749aaeffe41 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ __authors__  = (
     'Andreas Schmitz',
     'Michael Kaiser',
     'Niklas Laxström',
+    'David Triendl',
+    'Anthony Weems',
+    'David Wagner',
+    'Juan C. Olivares',
+    'Mattias Harrysson',
 )
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
 
 import codecs
 import getpass
+import io
 import locale
 import optparse
 import os
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ from .utils import (
     get_cachedir,
     MaxDownloadsReached,
     preferredencoding,
+    read_batch_urls,
     SameFileError,
     setproctitle,
     std_headers,
@@ -208,7 +215,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option('-U', '--update',
             action='store_true', dest='update_self', help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
     general.add_option('-i', '--ignore-errors',
-            action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', help='continue on download errors, for example to to skip unavailable videos in a playlist', default=False)
+            action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', help='continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist', default=False)
     general.add_option('--abort-on-error',
             action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
             help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
@@ -220,6 +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)
@@ -309,7 +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',
@@ -424,6 +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',
@@ -545,27 +557,35 @@ 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'])
         sys.exit(0)
 
     # Batch file verification
-    batchurls = []
+    batch_urls = []
     if opts.batchfile is not None:
         try:
             if opts.batchfile == '-':
                 batchfd = sys.stdin
             else:
-                batchfd = open(opts.batchfile, 'r')
-            batchurls = batchfd.readlines()
-            batchurls = [x.strip() for x in batchurls]
-            batchurls = [x for x in batchurls if len(x) > 0 and not re.search(r'^[#/;]', x)]
+                batchfd = io.open(opts.batchfile, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore')
+            batch_urls = read_batch_urls(batchfd)
             if opts.verbose:
-                write_string(u'[debug] Batch file urls: ' + repr(batchurls) + u'\n')
+                write_string(u'[debug] Batch file urls: ' + repr(batch_urls) + u'\n')
         except IOError:
             sys.exit(u'ERROR: batch file could not be read')
-    all_urls = batchurls + args
+    all_urls = batch_urls + args
     all_urls = [url.strip() for url in all_urls]
     _enc = preferredencoding()
     all_urls = [url.decode(_enc, 'ignore') if isinstance(url, bytes) else url for url in all_urls]