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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 53f13b516..23e384ba2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -420,8 +420,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
# Read from filesystem cache
func_id = '%s_%s_%d' % (player_type, player_id, slen)
assert os.path.basename(func_id) == func_id
- cache_dir = self._downloader.params.get('cachedir',
- u'~/.youtube-dl/cache')
+ xdg_cache_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CACHE_HOME')
+ if xdg_cache_home:
+ userCacheDir = os.path.join(xdg_cache_home, 'youtube-dl')
+ else:
+ userCacheDir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.cache', 'youtube-dl')
+ cache_dir = self._downloader.params.get('cachedir', userCacheDir)
cache_enabled = cache_dir is not None
if cache_enabled: