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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/common.py19
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