Add experimental geo restriction bypass mechanism

Based on faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ from .utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     format_bytes,
     formatSeconds,
+    GeoRestrictedError,
+    ISO3166Utils,
     locked_file,
     make_HTTPS_handler,
     MaxDownloadsReached,
@@ -272,6 +274,13 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        If it returns None, the video is downloaded.
                        match_filter_func in utils.py is one example for this.
     no_color:          Do not emit color codes in output.
+    bypass_geo_restriction:
+                       Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For
+                       HTTP header (experimental)
+    bypass_geo_restriction_as_country:
+                       Two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code that will be used for
+                       explicit geographic restriction bypassing via faking
+                       X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)
 
     The following options determine which downloader is picked:
     external_downloader: Executable of the external downloader to call.
@@ -707,6 +716,14 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                     return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
                 else:
                     return ie_result
+            except GeoRestrictedError as e:
+                msg = e.msg
+                if e.countries:
+                    msg += '\nThis video is available in %s.' % ', '.join(
+                        map(ISO3166Utils.short2full, e.countries))
+                msg += '\nYou might want to use a VPN or a proxy server (with --proxy) to workaround.'
+                self.report_error(msg)
+                break
             except ExtractorError as e:  # An error we somewhat expected
                 self.report_error(compat_str(e), e.format_traceback())
                 break

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'cn_verification_proxy': opts.cn_verification_proxy,
         'geo_verification_proxy': opts.geo_verification_proxy,
         'config_location': opts.config_location,
+        'bypass_geo_restriction': opts.bypass_geo_restriction,
+        'bypass_geo_restriction_as_country': opts.bypass_geo_restriction_as_country,
     }
 
     with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:

youtube_dl/extractor/common.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import hashlib
 import json
 import netrc
 import os
+import random
 import re
 import socket
 import sys
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     fix_xml_ampersands,
     float_or_none,
+    GeoRestrictedError,
+    GeoUtils,
     int_or_none,
     js_to_json,
     parse_iso8601,
@@ -320,17 +323,25 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     _real_extract() methods and define a _VALID_URL regexp.
     Probably, they should also be added to the list of extractors.
 
+    _BYPASS_GEO attribute may be set to False in order to disable
+    geo restriction bypass mechanisms for a particular extractor.
+    Though it won't disable explicit geo restriction bypass based on
+    country code provided with bypass_geo_restriction_as_country.
+
     Finally, the _WORKING attribute should be set to False for broken IEs
     in order to warn the users and skip the tests.
     """
 
     _ready = False
     _downloader = None
+    _x_forwarded_for_ip = None
+    _BYPASS_GEO = True
     _WORKING = True
 
     def __init__(self, downloader=None):
         """Constructor. Receives an optional downloader."""
         self._ready = False
+        self._x_forwarded_for_ip = None
         self.set_downloader(downloader)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -359,6 +370,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     def initialize(self):
         """Initializes an instance (authentication, etc)."""
+        if not self._x_forwarded_for_ip:
+            country_code = self._downloader.params.get('bypass_geo_restriction_as_country', None)
+            if country_code:
+                self._x_forwarded_for_ip = GeoUtils.random_ipv4(country_code)
         if not self._ready:
             self._real_initialize()
             self._ready = True
@@ -366,8 +381,22 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     def extract(self, url):
         """Extracts URL information and returns it in list of dicts."""
         try:
-            self.initialize()
+            for _ in range(2):
-            return self._real_extract(url)
+                try:
+                    self.initialize()
+                    return self._real_extract(url)
+                except GeoRestrictedError as e:
+                    if (not self._downloader.params.get('bypass_geo_restriction_as_country', None) and
+                            self._BYPASS_GEO and
+                            self._downloader.params.get('bypass_geo_restriction', True) and
+                            not self._x_forwarded_for_ip and
+                            e.countries):
+                        self._x_forwarded_for_ip = GeoUtils.random_ipv4(random.choice(e.countries))
+                        if self._x_forwarded_for_ip:
+                            self.report_warning(
+                                'Video is geo restricted. Retrying extraction with fake %s IP as X-Forwarded-For.' % self._x_forwarded_for_ip)
+                            continue
+                    raise
         except ExtractorError:
             raise
         except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
@@ -434,6 +463,15 @@ 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
@@ -609,10 +647,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             expected=True)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def raise_geo_restricted(msg='This video is not available from your location due to geo restriction'):
+    def raise_geo_restricted(msg='This video is not available from your location due to geo restriction', countries=None):
-        raise ExtractorError(
+        raise GeoRestrictedError(msg, countries=countries)
-            '%s. You might want to use --proxy to workaround.' % msg,
-            expected=True)
 
     # Methods for following #608
     @staticmethod

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -549,6 +549,18 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             'Upper bound of a range for randomized sleep before each download '
             '(maximum possible number of seconds to sleep). Must only be used '
             'along with --min-sleep-interval.'))
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--bypass-geo',
+        action='store_true', dest='bypass_geo_restriction', default=True,
+        help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)')
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--no-bypass-geo',
+        action='store_false', dest='bypass_geo_restriction', default=True,
+        help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (experimental)')
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--bypass-geo-as-country', metavar='CODE',
+        dest='bypass_geo_restriction_as_country', default=None,
+        help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code (experimental)')
 
     verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
     verbosity.add_option(

youtube_dl/utils.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import operator
 import os
 import pipes
 import platform
+import random
 import re
 import socket
 import ssl
@@ -747,6 +748,18 @@ class RegexNotFoundError(ExtractorError):
     pass
 
 
+class GeoRestrictedError(ExtractorError):
+    """Geographic restriction Error exception.
+
+    This exception may be thrown when a video is not available from your
+    geographic location due to geographic restrictions imposed by a website.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, msg, countries=None):
+        super(GeoRestrictedError, self).__init__(msg, expected=True)
+        self.msg = msg
+        self.countries = countries
+
+
 class DownloadError(YoutubeDLError):
     """Download Error exception.
 
@@ -3027,6 +3040,260 @@ class ISO3166Utils(object):
         return cls._country_map.get(code.upper())
 
 
+class GeoUtils(object):
+    # Major IPv4 address blocks per country
+    _country_ip_map = {
+        'AD': '85.94.160.0/19',
+        'AE': '94.200.0.0/13',
+        'AF': '149.54.0.0/17',
+        'AG': '209.59.64.0/18',
+        'AI': '204.14.248.0/21',
+        'AL': '46.99.0.0/16',
+        'AM': '46.70.0.0/15',
+        'AO': '105.168.0.0/13',
+        'AP': '159.117.192.0/21',
+        'AR': '181.0.0.0/12',
+        'AS': '202.70.112.0/20',
+        'AT': '84.112.0.0/13',
+        'AU': '1.128.0.0/11',
+        'AW': '181.41.0.0/18',
+        'AZ': '5.191.0.0/16',
+        'BA': '31.176.128.0/17',
+        'BB': '65.48.128.0/17',
+        'BD': '114.130.0.0/16',
+        'BE': '57.0.0.0/8',
+        'BF': '129.45.128.0/17',
+        'BG': '95.42.0.0/15',
+        'BH': '37.131.0.0/17',
+        'BI': '154.117.192.0/18',
+        'BJ': '137.255.0.0/16',
+        'BL': '192.131.134.0/24',
+        'BM': '196.12.64.0/18',
+        'BN': '156.31.0.0/16',
+        'BO': '161.56.0.0/16',
+        'BQ': '161.0.80.0/20',
+        'BR': '152.240.0.0/12',
+        'BS': '24.51.64.0/18',
+        'BT': '119.2.96.0/19',
+        'BW': '168.167.0.0/16',
+        'BY': '178.120.0.0/13',
+        'BZ': '179.42.192.0/18',
+        'CA': '99.224.0.0/11',
+        'CD': '41.243.0.0/16',
+        'CF': '196.32.200.0/21',
+        'CG': '197.214.128.0/17',
+        'CH': '85.0.0.0/13',
+        'CI': '154.232.0.0/14',
+        'CK': '202.65.32.0/19',
+        'CL': '152.172.0.0/14',
+        'CM': '165.210.0.0/15',
+        'CN': '36.128.0.0/10',
+        'CO': '181.240.0.0/12',
+        'CR': '201.192.0.0/12',
+        'CU': '152.206.0.0/15',
+        'CV': '165.90.96.0/19',
+        'CW': '190.88.128.0/17',
+        'CY': '46.198.0.0/15',
+        'CZ': '88.100.0.0/14',
+        'DE': '53.0.0.0/8',
+        'DJ': '197.241.0.0/17',
+        'DK': '87.48.0.0/12',
+        'DM': '192.243.48.0/20',
+        'DO': '152.166.0.0/15',
+        'DZ': '41.96.0.0/12',
+        'EC': '186.68.0.0/15',
+        'EE': '90.190.0.0/15',
+        'EG': '156.160.0.0/11',
+        'ER': '196.200.96.0/20',
+        'ES': '88.0.0.0/11',
+        'ET': '196.188.0.0/14',
+        'EU': '2.16.0.0/13',
+        'FI': '91.152.0.0/13',
+        'FJ': '144.120.0.0/16',
+        'FM': '119.252.112.0/20',
+        'FO': '88.85.32.0/19',
+        'FR': '90.0.0.0/9',
+        'GA': '41.158.0.0/15',
+        'GB': '25.0.0.0/8',
+        'GD': '74.122.88.0/21',
+        'GE': '31.146.0.0/16',
+        'GF': '161.22.64.0/18',
+        'GG': '62.68.160.0/19',
+        'GH': '45.208.0.0/14',
+        'GI': '85.115.128.0/19',
+        'GL': '88.83.0.0/19',
+        'GM': '160.182.0.0/15',
+        'GN': '197.149.192.0/18',
+        'GP': '104.250.0.0/19',
+        'GQ': '105.235.224.0/20',
+        'GR': '94.64.0.0/13',
+        'GT': '168.234.0.0/16',
+        'GU': '168.123.0.0/16',
+        'GW': '197.214.80.0/20',
+        'GY': '181.41.64.0/18',
+        'HK': '113.252.0.0/14',
+        'HN': '181.210.0.0/16',
+        'HR': '93.136.0.0/13',
+        'HT': '148.102.128.0/17',
+        'HU': '84.0.0.0/14',
+        'ID': '39.192.0.0/10',
+        'IE': '87.32.0.0/12',
+        'IL': '79.176.0.0/13',
+        'IM': '5.62.80.0/20',
+        'IN': '117.192.0.0/10',
+        'IO': '203.83.48.0/21',
+        'IQ': '37.236.0.0/14',
+        'IR': '2.176.0.0/12',
+        'IS': '82.221.0.0/16',
+        'IT': '79.0.0.0/10',
+        'JE': '87.244.64.0/18',
+        'JM': '72.27.0.0/17',
+        'JO': '176.29.0.0/16',
+        'JP': '126.0.0.0/8',
+        'KE': '105.48.0.0/12',
+        'KG': '158.181.128.0/17',
+        'KH': '36.37.128.0/17',
+        'KI': '103.25.140.0/22',
+        'KM': '197.255.224.0/20',
+        'KN': '198.32.32.0/19',
+        'KP': '175.45.176.0/22',
+        'KR': '175.192.0.0/10',
+        'KW': '37.36.0.0/14',
+        'KY': '64.96.0.0/15',
+        'KZ': '2.72.0.0/13',
+        'LA': '115.84.64.0/18',
+        'LB': '178.135.0.0/16',
+        'LC': '192.147.231.0/24',
+        'LI': '82.117.0.0/19',
+        'LK': '112.134.0.0/15',
+        'LR': '41.86.0.0/19',
+        'LS': '129.232.0.0/17',
+        'LT': '78.56.0.0/13',
+        'LU': '188.42.0.0/16',
+        'LV': '46.109.0.0/16',
+        'LY': '41.252.0.0/14',
+        'MA': '105.128.0.0/11',
+        'MC': '88.209.64.0/18',
+        'MD': '37.246.0.0/16',
+        'ME': '178.175.0.0/17',
+        'MF': '74.112.232.0/21',
+        'MG': '154.126.0.0/17',
+        'MH': '117.103.88.0/21',
+        'MK': '77.28.0.0/15',
+        'ML': '154.118.128.0/18',
+        'MM': '37.111.0.0/17',
+        'MN': '49.0.128.0/17',
+        'MO': '60.246.0.0/16',
+        'MP': '202.88.64.0/20',
+        'MQ': '109.203.224.0/19',
+        'MR': '41.188.64.0/18',
+        'MS': '208.90.112.0/22',
+        'MT': '46.11.0.0/16',
+        'MU': '105.16.0.0/12',
+        'MV': '27.114.128.0/18',
+        'MW': '105.234.0.0/16',
+        'MX': '187.192.0.0/11',
+        'MY': '175.136.0.0/13',
+        'MZ': '197.218.0.0/15',
+        'NA': '41.182.0.0/16',
+        'NC': '101.101.0.0/18',
+        'NE': '197.214.0.0/18',
+        'NF': '203.17.240.0/22',
+        'NG': '105.112.0.0/12',
+        'NI': '186.76.0.0/15',
+        'NL': '145.96.0.0/11',
+        'NO': '84.208.0.0/13',
+        'NP': '36.252.0.0/15',
+        'NR': '203.98.224.0/19',
+        'NU': '49.156.48.0/22',
+        'NZ': '49.224.0.0/14',
+        'OM': '5.36.0.0/15',
+        'PA': '186.72.0.0/15',
+        'PE': '186.160.0.0/14',
+        'PF': '123.50.64.0/18',
+        'PG': '124.240.192.0/19',
+        'PH': '49.144.0.0/13',
+        'PK': '39.32.0.0/11',
+        'PL': '83.0.0.0/11',
+        'PM': '70.36.0.0/20',
+        'PR': '66.50.0.0/16',
+        'PS': '188.161.0.0/16',
+        'PT': '85.240.0.0/13',
+        'PW': '202.124.224.0/20',
+        'PY': '181.120.0.0/14',
+        'QA': '37.210.0.0/15',
+        'RE': '139.26.0.0/16',
+        'RO': '79.112.0.0/13',
+        'RS': '178.220.0.0/14',
+        'RU': '5.136.0.0/13',
+        'RW': '105.178.0.0/15',
+        'SA': '188.48.0.0/13',
+        'SB': '202.1.160.0/19',
+        'SC': '154.192.0.0/11',
+        'SD': '154.96.0.0/13',
+        'SE': '78.64.0.0/12',
+        'SG': '152.56.0.0/14',
+        'SI': '188.196.0.0/14',
+        'SK': '78.98.0.0/15',
+        'SL': '197.215.0.0/17',
+        'SM': '89.186.32.0/19',
+        'SN': '41.82.0.0/15',
+        'SO': '197.220.64.0/19',
+        'SR': '186.179.128.0/17',
+        'SS': '105.235.208.0/21',
+        'ST': '197.159.160.0/19',
+        'SV': '168.243.0.0/16',
+        'SX': '190.102.0.0/20',
+        'SY': '5.0.0.0/16',
+        'SZ': '41.84.224.0/19',
+        'TC': '65.255.48.0/20',
+        'TD': '154.68.128.0/19',
+        'TG': '196.168.0.0/14',
+        'TH': '171.96.0.0/13',
+        'TJ': '85.9.128.0/18',
+        'TK': '27.96.24.0/21',
+        'TL': '180.189.160.0/20',
+        'TM': '95.85.96.0/19',
+        'TN': '197.0.0.0/11',
+        'TO': '175.176.144.0/21',
+        'TR': '78.160.0.0/11',
+        'TT': '186.44.0.0/15',
+        'TV': '202.2.96.0/19',
+        'TW': '120.96.0.0/11',
+        'TZ': '156.156.0.0/14',
+        'UA': '93.72.0.0/13',
+        'UG': '154.224.0.0/13',
+        'US': '3.0.0.0/8',
+        'UY': '167.56.0.0/13',
+        'UZ': '82.215.64.0/18',
+        'VA': '212.77.0.0/19',
+        'VC': '24.92.144.0/20',
+        'VE': '186.88.0.0/13',
+        'VG': '172.103.64.0/18',
+        'VI': '146.226.0.0/16',
+        'VN': '14.160.0.0/11',
+        'VU': '202.80.32.0/20',
+        'WF': '117.20.32.0/21',
+        'WS': '202.4.32.0/19',
+        'YE': '134.35.0.0/16',
+        'YT': '41.242.116.0/22',
+        'ZA': '41.0.0.0/11',
+        'ZM': '165.56.0.0/13',
+        'ZW': '41.85.192.0/19',
+    }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def random_ipv4(cls, code):
+        block = cls._country_ip_map.get(code.upper())
+        if not block:
+            return None
+        addr, preflen = block.split('/')
+        addr_min = compat_struct_unpack('!L', socket.inet_aton(addr))[0]
+        addr_max = addr_min | (0xffffffff >> int(preflen))
+        return socket.inet_ntoa(
+            compat_struct_pack('!I', random.randint(addr_min, addr_max)))
+
+
 class PerRequestProxyHandler(compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler):
     def __init__(self, proxies=None):
         # Set default handlers