[downloader:ytdl] forward cookies to youtube-dl

to be able to download private videos from Twitter, Instagram, etc.
5 years ago · f1b0c2bf5c
parent 15e4ddf46d
commit f1b0c2bf5c
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class YoutubeDLDownloader(DownloaderBase):
        self.ytdl = YoutubeDL(options)

    def download(self, url, pathfmt):
+        for cookie in self.session.cookies:
+            self.ytdl.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
+
        try:
            info_dict = self.ytdl.extract_info(url[5:], download=False)
        except Exception: