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diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index a4cbdb0bd..056e94457 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
general.add_option('--referer',
dest='referer', help='specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
metavar='REF', default=None)
+ general.add_option('--add-header',
+ dest='headers', help='specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times', action="append",
+ metavar='FIELD:VALUE')
general.add_option('--list-extractors',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractors',
help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle', default=False)
@@ -556,6 +559,16 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
if opts.referer is not None:
std_headers['Referer'] = opts.referer
+ # Custom HTTP headers
+ if opts.headers is not None:
+ for h in opts.headers:
+ if h.find(':', 1) < 0:
+ parser.error(u'wrong header formatting, it should be key:value, not "%s"'%h)
+ key, value = h.split(':', 2)
+ if opts.verbose:
+ write_string(u'[debug] Adding header from command line option %s:%s\n'%(key, value))
+ std_headers[key] = value
+
# Dump user agent
if opts.dump_user_agent:
compat_print(std_headers['User-Agent'])