Add experimental geo restriction bypass mechanism

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index deff543246f279939a123a0ce96de2e3a436aeb7..2e194f6dc22ac2073fad39782296b65a11e0017f 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -549,6 +549,18 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             'Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download '
             '(maximum possible number of seconds to sleep). Must only be used '
             'along with --min-sleep-interval.'))
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--bypass-geo',
+        action='store_true', dest='bypass_geo_restriction', default=True,
+        help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)')
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--no-bypass-geo',
+        action='store_false', dest='bypass_geo_restriction', default=True,
+        help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)')
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--bypass-geo-as-country', metavar='CODE',
+        dest='bypass_geo_restriction_as_country', default=None,
+        help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code (experimental)')
 
     verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
     verbosity.add_option(