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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py2
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py5
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py14
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 983c00a6a..c5d08b0bb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
again.
cookiefile: File name where cookies should be read from and dumped to.
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.
proxy: URL of the proxy server to use
socket_timeout: Time to wait for unresponsive hosts, in seconds
bidi_workaround: Work around buggy terminals without bidirectional text
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 07c9074fe..a4cbdb0bd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
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.')
general.add_option(
@@ -257,7 +260,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
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,
@@ -756,6 +758,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'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,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index f7cb497a8..723e7b9e6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1130,14 +1130,18 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
return self._download_webpage(url, video_id, note=u'Searching for annotations.', errnote=u'Unable to download video annotations.')
def _real_extract(self, url):
+ proto = (
+ u'http' if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_insecure', False)
+ else u'https')
+
# Extract original video URL from URL with redirection, like age verification, using next_url parameter
mobj = re.search(self._NEXT_URL_RE, url)
if mobj:
- url = 'https://www.youtube.com/' + compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1)).lstrip('/')
+ url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/' + compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1)).lstrip('/')
video_id = self.extract_id(url)
# Get video webpage
- url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
+ url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
video_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
# Attempt to extract SWF player URL
@@ -1162,7 +1166,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
'asv': 3,
'sts':'1588',
})
- video_info_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?' + data
+ video_info_url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?' + data
video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(video_info_url, video_id,
note=False,
errnote='unable to download video info webpage')
@@ -1170,7 +1174,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
else:
age_gate = False
for el_type in ['&el=embedded', '&el=detailpage', '&el=vevo', '']:
- video_info_url = ('https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=%s%s&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en'
+ video_info_url = (proto + '://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=%s%s&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en'
% (video_id, el_type))
video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(video_info_url, video_id,
note=False,
@@ -1445,7 +1449,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
'duration': video_duration,
'age_limit': 18 if age_gate else 0,
'annotations': video_annotations,
- 'webpage_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % video_id,
+ 'webpage_url': proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % video_id,
'view_count': view_count,
'like_count': like_count,
'dislike_count': dislike_count,