From 88a79ce6a6edb6d3f8b6e3319f6ca1d3d2954c16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philipp Hagemeister Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:31:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Delete default user agent (Fixes #1309) --- youtube_dl/__init__.py | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index 614429073..bc6a6d180 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ def _real_main(argv=None): proxy_handler = compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler(proxies) https_handler = make_HTTPS_handler(opts) opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(https_handler, proxy_handler, cookie_processor, YoutubeDLHandler()) + # Delete the default user-agent header, which would otherwise apply in + # cases where our custom HTTP handler doesn't come into play + # (See https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1309 for details) + opener.addheaders =[] compat_urllib_request.install_opener(opener) socket.setdefaulttimeout(300) # 5 minutes should be enough (famous last words)