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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/common.py6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 5d24bcb6a..39cef9c5b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -510,6 +510,12 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
"""Report attempt to log in."""
self.to_screen('Logging in')
+ @staticmethod
+ def raise_login_required(msg='This video is only available for registered users'):
+ raise ExtractorError(
+ '%s. Use --username and --password or --netrc to provide account credentials.' % msg,
+ expected=True)
+
# Methods for following #608
@staticmethod
def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None, video_title=None):