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Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/extractor/common.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/common.py | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py index e5ef5e490..3b79b8cb4 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py @@ -495,6 +495,16 @@ class InfoExtractor(object): self.to_screen('%s' % (note,)) else: self.to_screen('%s: %s' % (video_id, note)) + + # Some sites check X-Forwarded-For HTTP header in order to figure out + # the origin of the client behind proxy. This allows bypassing geo + # restriction by faking this header's value to IP that belongs to some + # geo unrestricted country. We will do so once we encounter any + # geo restriction error. + if self._x_forwarded_for_ip: + if 'X-Forwarded-For' not in headers: + headers['X-Forwarded-For'] = self._x_forwarded_for_ip + if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request): url_or_request = update_Request( url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query) @@ -524,15 +534,6 @@ class InfoExtractor(object): if isinstance(url_or_request, (compat_str, str)): url_or_request = url_or_request.partition('#')[0] - # Some sites check X-Forwarded-For HTTP header in order to figure out - # the origin of the client behind proxy. This allows bypassing geo - # restriction by faking this header's value to IP that belongs to some - # geo unrestricted country. We will do so once we encounter any - # geo restriction error. - if self._x_forwarded_for_ip: - if 'X-Forwarded-For' not in headers: - headers['X-Forwarded-For'] = self._x_forwarded_for_ip - urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query) if urlh is False: assert not fatal |