[extractor, cleanup] Reduce direct use of `_downloader`

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index f4c34f43c..fe43ff519 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -695,6 +695,14 @@ class InfoExtractor:
         """Sets a YoutubeDL instance as the downloader for this IE."""
         self._downloader = downloader
 
+    @property
+    def cache(self):
+        return self._downloader.cache
+
+    @property
+    def cookiejar(self):
+        return self._downloader.cookiejar
+
     def _initialize_pre_login(self):
         """ Intialization before login. Redefine in subclasses."""
         pass
@@ -3593,7 +3601,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
             0, name, value, port, port is not None, domain, True,
             domain.startswith('.'), path, True, secure, expire_time,
             discard, None, None, rest)
-        self._downloader.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
+        self.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
 
     def _get_cookies(self, url):
         """ Return a compat_cookies_SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """