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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/__init__.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index fff295e8c..d2446b670 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): general.add_option('--extractor-descriptions', action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors', default=False) - general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL') + general.add_option( + '--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, metavar='URL', + 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( '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR', |