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-rw-r--r--README.md5
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py8
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/__init__.py15
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py3
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py3
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py3
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py3
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py3
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/options.py7
-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/utils.py7
10 files changed, 28 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1aab0ba94..ce5af129e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -737,9 +737,6 @@ You can also fork the project on github and run your fork's [build workflow](.gi
--prefer-insecure Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve
information about the video (Currently
supported only for YouTube)
- --user-agent UA Specify a custom user agent
- --referer URL Specify a custom referer, use if the video
- access is restricted to one domain
--add-header FIELD:VALUE Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
separated by a colon ":". You can use this
option multiple times
@@ -1866,6 +1863,8 @@ While these options are redundant, they are still expected to be used due to the
--reject-title REGEX --match-filter "title !~= (?i)REGEX"
--min-views COUNT --match-filter "view_count >=? COUNT"
--max-views COUNT --match-filter "view_count <=? COUNT"
+ --user-agent UA --add-header "User-Agent:UA"
+ --referer URL --add-header "Referer:URL"
#### Not recommended
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 0aee3b122..49143cb16 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ from .utils import (
make_dir,
make_HTTPS_handler,
MaxDownloadsReached,
+ merge_headers,
network_exceptions,
number_of_digits,
orderedSet,
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
nocheckcertificate: Do not verify SSL certificates
prefer_insecure: Use HTTP instead of HTTPS to retrieve information.
At the moment, this is only supported by YouTube.
+ http_headers: A dictionary of custom headers to be used for all requests
proxy: URL of the proxy server to use
geo_verification_proxy: URL of the proxy to use for IP address verification
on geo-restricted sites.
@@ -647,6 +649,9 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
else self.params['format'] if callable(self.params['format'])
else self.build_format_selector(self.params['format']))
+ # Set http_headers defaults according to std_headers
+ self.params['http_headers'] = merge_headers(std_headers, self.params.get('http_headers', {}))
+
self._setup_opener()
if auto_init:
@@ -2250,8 +2255,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
return _build_selector_function(parsed_selector)
def _calc_headers(self, info_dict):
- res = std_headers.copy()
- res.update(info_dict.get('http_headers') or {})
+ res = merge_headers(self.params['http_headers'], info_dict.get('http_headers') or {})
cookies = self._calc_cookies(info_dict)
if cookies:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index c87c5b6df..926b5cad3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from .utils import (
SameFileError,
setproctitle,
std_headers,
+ traverse_obj,
write_string,
)
from .update import run_update
@@ -75,20 +76,15 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
parser, opts, args = parseOpts(argv)
warnings, deprecation_warnings = [], []
- # Set user agent
if opts.user_agent is not None:
- std_headers['User-Agent'] = opts.user_agent
-
- # Set referer
+ opts.headers.setdefault('User-Agent', opts.user_agent)
if opts.referer is not None:
- std_headers['Referer'] = opts.referer
-
- # Custom HTTP headers
- std_headers.update(opts.headers)
+ opts.headers.setdefault('Referer', opts.referer)
# Dump user agent
if opts.dump_user_agent:
- write_string(std_headers['User-Agent'] + '\n', out=sys.stdout)
+ ua = traverse_obj(opts.headers, 'User-Agent', casesense=False, default=std_headers['User-Agent'])
+ write_string(f'{ua}\n', out=sys.stdout)
sys.exit(0)
# Batch file verification
@@ -767,6 +763,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'legacyserverconnect': opts.legacy_server_connect,
'nocheckcertificate': opts.no_check_certificate,
'prefer_insecure': opts.prefer_insecure,
+ 'http_headers': opts.headers,
'proxy': opts.proxy,
'socket_timeout': opts.socket_timeout,
'bidi_workaround': opts.bidi_workaround,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py
index a2cc9f748..3bb786d6a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from ..utils import (
get_element_by_attribute,
int_or_none,
lowercase_escape,
- std_headers,
str_or_none,
str_to_int,
traverse_obj,
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@ class InstagramPlaylistBaseIE(InstagramBaseIE):
'%s' % rhx_gis,
'',
'%s:%s' % (rhx_gis, csrf_token),
- '%s:%s:%s' % (rhx_gis, csrf_token, std_headers['User-Agent']),
+ '%s:%s:%s' % (rhx_gis, csrf_token, self.get_param('http_headers')['User-Agent']),
]
# try all of the ways to generate a GIS query, and not only use the
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py
index ddeaa7021..b5a2e17f2 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/mildom.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import json
from .common import InfoExtractor
from ..utils import (
- std_headers,
update_url_query,
random_uuidv4,
try_get,
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ class MildomBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
'clu': '',
'wh': '1919*810',
'rtm': self.iso_timestamp(),
- 'ua': std_headers['User-Agent'],
+ 'ua': self.get_param('http_headers')['User-Agent'],
}).encode('utf8')).decode('utf8').replace('\n', ''),
}).encode('utf8'))
self._DISPATCHER_CONFIG = self._parse_json(base64.b64decode(tmp['data']), 'initialization')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
index 6ec54509b..36927009d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from ..utils import (
ExtractorError,
get_exe_version,
is_outdated_version,
- std_headers,
Popen,
)
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ class PhantomJSwrapper(object):
replaces = self.options
replaces['url'] = url
- user_agent = headers.get('User-Agent') or std_headers['User-Agent']
+ user_agent = headers.get('User-Agent') or self.get_param('http_headers')['User-Agent']
replaces['ua'] = user_agent.replace('"', '\\"')
replaces['jscode'] = jscode
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
index af1bb943d..7a1dc6f32 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from ..utils import (
qualities,
remove_end,
remove_start,
- std_headers,
try_get,
)
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class RTVEALaCartaIE(InfoExtractor):
}]
def _real_initialize(self):
- user_agent_b64 = base64.b64encode(std_headers['User-Agent'].encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
+ user_agent_b64 = base64.b64encode(self.get_param('http_headers')['User-Agent'].encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
self._manager = self._download_json(
'http://www.rtve.es/odin/loki/' + user_agent_b64,
None, 'Fetching manager info')['manager']
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
index 1a9fd00e4..77ffb4bfb 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from ..utils import (
parse_qs,
sanitized_Request,
smuggle_url,
- std_headers,
str_or_none,
try_get,
unified_timestamp,
@@ -758,7 +757,7 @@ class VimeoIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor):
def _real_extract(self, url):
url, data = unsmuggle_url(url, {})
- headers = std_headers.copy()
+ headers = self.get_param('http_headers').copy()
if 'http_headers' in data:
headers.update(data['http_headers'])
if 'Referer' not in headers:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 9908f3975..17d8d5da6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -860,17 +860,16 @@ def create_parser():
workarounds.add_option(
'--user-agent',
metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
- help='Specify a custom user agent')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
workarounds.add_option(
'--referer',
metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
- help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
- )
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
workarounds.add_option(
'--add-header',
metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False, 'process_key': None},
+ callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
)
workarounds.add_option(
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index ef2c6bb24..be0c69d8f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ class YoutubeDLHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPHandler):
if url != url_escaped:
req = update_Request(req, url=url_escaped)
- for h, v in std_headers.items():
+ for h, v in self._params.get('http_headers', std_headers).items():
# Capitalize is needed because of Python bug 2275: http://bugs.python.org/issue2275
# The dict keys are capitalized because of this bug by urllib
if h.capitalize() not in req.headers:
@@ -5436,3 +5436,8 @@ class WebSocketsWrapper():
has_websockets = bool(compat_websockets)
+
+
+def merge_headers(*dicts):
+ """Merge dicts of network headers case insensitively, prioritizing the latter ones"""
+ return {k.capitalize(): v for k, v in itertools.chain.from_iterable(map(dict.items, dicts))}
generated by cgit v1.2.3 (git 2.25.1) at 2025-06-08 18:41:27 +0000