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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/options.py2
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/update.py13
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 9bb952457..f9898082a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
# Update version
if opts.update_self:
- update_self(ydl.to_screen, opts.verbose, ydl._opener)
+ update_self(ydl.to_screen, opts.verbose, ydl._opener, opts.prefer_insecure)
# Remove cache dir
if opts.rm_cachedir:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 7d1bbc021..4a6067cb8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
workarounds.add_option(
'--prefer-insecure',
'--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
- help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
+ help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information whenever possible')
workarounds.add_option(
'--user-agent',
metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/update.py b/youtube_dl/update.py
index ebce9666a..d9d95d2a1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/update.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/update.py
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ def rsa_verify(message, signature, key):
return expected == signature
-def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
+def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener, prefer_insecure=False):
"""Update the program file with the latest version from the repository"""
- UPDATE_URL = 'https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/'
+ UPDATE_URL = '//rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/'
VERSION_URL = UPDATE_URL + 'LATEST_VERSION'
JSON_URL = UPDATE_URL + 'versions.json'
UPDATES_RSA_KEY = (0x9d60ee4d8f805312fdb15a62f87b95bd66177b91df176765d13514a0f1754bcd2057295c5b6f1d35daa6742c3ffc9a82d3e118861c207995a8031e151d863c9927e304576bc80692bc8e094896fcf11b66f3e29e04e3a71e9a11558558acea1840aec37fc396fb6b65dc81a1c4144e03bd1c011de62e3f1357b327d08426fe93, 65537)
@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
to_screen('It looks like you installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball. Please use that to update.')
return
+ def guess_scheme(url, insecure=False):
+ return 'http%s:%s' % ('' if insecure is True else 's', url)
+
# Check if there is a new version
try:
- newversion = opener.open(VERSION_URL).read().decode('utf-8').strip()
+ newversion = opener.open(guess_scheme(
+ VERSION_URL, prefer_insecure)).read().decode('utf-8').strip()
except Exception:
if verbose:
to_screen(encode_compat_str(traceback.format_exc()))
@@ -54,7 +58,8 @@ def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
# Download and check versions info
try:
- versions_info = opener.open(JSON_URL).read().decode('utf-8')
+ versions_info = opener.open(guess_scheme(
+ JSON_URL, prefer_insecure)).read().decode('utf-8')
versions_info = json.loads(versions_info)
except Exception:
if verbose: