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| author | dirkf <fieldhouse@gmx.net> | 2023-07-11 21:51:32 +0100 |
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| committer | dirkf <fieldhouse@gmx.net> | 2023-07-18 10:50:46 +0100 |
| commit | 1634b1d61efa36c31c86b8c64c88dc297a7af28a (patch) | |
| tree | 95af8f84ae38ef88e630356573171c7823ad3a20 | |
| parent | 21438a4194376c3a9b1e5c322c825d43a1b03d6e (diff) | |
[doc] Warn against setting cookies with --add-header
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/options.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py index d802b7e59..434f520d3 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/options.py +++ b/youtube_dl/options.py @@ -544,12 +544,14 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): 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='Specify a custom Referer: use if the video access is restricted to one domain', ) workarounds.add_option( '--add-header', metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', action='append', - help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times', + help=('Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times. ' + 'NB Use --cookies rather than adding a Cookie header if its contents may be sensitive; ' + 'data from a Cookie header will be sent to all domains, not just the one intended') ) workarounds.add_option( '--bidi-workaround', |