Get Download URL from `get_video_info` document #17175

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opened 2026-02-21 09:22:19 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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Originally created by @Kelbie on GitHub (Jun 27, 2019).

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Hi, I'm sorry if this isn't the right place but if you could point me in the right direction that would be great. I am trying to get the download URL for a video that is blocked in my country, I figured I'd use tor browser to get access to the video, and download the get_video_info document, which worked. I tried parsing the download URL on my own but for this video its not working, I think its got something to do with #897 but I could be wrong.

My question is, does youtube-dl have a parse only mode that I can pass the document into rather than it fetching it itself.

Something like: youtube-dl --url-from-file get_video_info

Originally created by @Kelbie on GitHub (Jun 27, 2019).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm asking a question - [x] I've looked through the README and FAQ for similar questions - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar questions including closed ones ## Question  Hi, I'm sorry if this isn't the right place but if you could point me in the right direction that would be great. I am trying to get the download URL for a video that is blocked in my country, I figured I'd use tor browser to get access to the video, and download the `get_video_info` document, which worked. I tried parsing the download URL on my own but for this video its not working, I think its got something to do with #897 but I could be wrong. My question is, does youtube-dl have a parse only mode that I can pass the document into rather than it fetching it itself. Something like: `youtube-dl --url-from-file get_video_info`

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2019):

No such option and most likely this won't work. You must use proxy with youtube-dl itself.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2019): No such option and most likely this won't work. You must use proxy with youtube-dl itself.

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