'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
from .utils import (
+ compat_getpass,
compat_print,
DateRange,
decodeOption,
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)
'--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.')
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,
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',
verbosity.add_option('-q', '--quiet',
action='store_true', dest='quiet', help='activates quiet mode', default=False)
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--no-warnings',
+ dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
+ help='Ignore warnings')
verbosity.add_option('-s', '--simulate',
action='store_true', dest='simulate', help='do not download the video and do not write anything to disk', default=False)
verbosity.add_option('--skip-download',
'%(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',
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'])
if opts.usetitle and opts.useid:
parser.error(u'using title conflicts with using video ID')
if opts.username is not None and opts.password is None:
- opts.password = getpass.getpass(u'Type account password and press return:')
+ opts.password = compat_getpass(u'Type account password and press [Return]: ')
if opts.ratelimit is not None:
numeric_limit = FileDownloader.parse_bytes(opts.ratelimit)
if numeric_limit is None:
'password': opts.password,
'videopassword': opts.videopassword,
'quiet': (opts.quiet or any_printing),
+ 'no_warnings': opts.no_warnings,
'forceurl': opts.geturl,
'forcetitle': opts.gettitle,
'forceid': opts.getid,
'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,