--source-address IP Client-side IP address to bind to
-4, --force-ipv4 Make all connections via IPv4
-6, --force-ipv6 Make all connections via IPv6
+ --enable-file-urls Enable file:// URLs. This is disabled by
+ default for security reasons.
## Geo-restriction:
--geo-verification-proxy URL Use this proxy to verify the IP address for
If not provided and the key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively
prefer_insecure: Use HTTP instead of HTTPS to retrieve information.
(Only supported by some extractors)
+ enable_file_urls: Enable file:// URLs. This is disabled by default for security reasons.
http_headers: A dictionary of custom headers to be used for all requests
proxy: URL of the proxy server to use
geo_verification_proxy: URL of the proxy to use for IP address verification
# https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/8227)
file_handler = urllib.request.FileHandler()
- def file_open(*args, **kwargs):
- raise urllib.error.URLError('file:// scheme is explicitly disabled in yt-dlp for security reasons')
- file_handler.file_open = file_open
+ if not self.params.get('enable_file_urls'):
+ def file_open(*args, **kwargs):
+ raise urllib.error.URLError(
+ 'file:// URLs are explicitly disabled in yt-dlp for security reasons. '
+ 'Use --enable-file-urls to enable at your own risk.')
+ file_handler.file_open = file_open
opener = urllib.request.build_opener(
proxy_handler, https_handler, cookie_processor, ydlh, redirect_handler, data_handler, file_handler)
'legacyserverconnect': opts.legacy_server_connect,
'nocheckcertificate': opts.no_check_certificate,
'prefer_insecure': opts.prefer_insecure,
+ 'enable_file_urls': opts.enable_file_urls,
'http_headers': opts.headers,
'proxy': opts.proxy,
'socket_timeout': opts.socket_timeout,
action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
help='Make all connections via IPv6',
)
+ network.add_option(
+ '--enable-file-urls', action='store_true',
+ dest='enable_file_urls', default=False,
+ help='Enable file:// URLs. This is disabled by default for security reasons.'
+ )
geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
geo.add_option(