socks5 with DNS-requests #26784

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opened 2026-02-21 14:29:04 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 14:29:04 -05:00

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Originally created by @zeiha on GitHub (Jan 17, 2024).

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I'm reporting a feature request
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
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Using SOCKS-proxy (e.g. socks5://) is already implemented meanwhile, but unfortunately it does not work with DNS-requests (e.g. socks5h://). Is there a possibility to include this "feature"...?

Originally created by @zeiha on GitHub (Jan 17, 2024).  ## Checklist  - [x] I'm reporting a feature request - [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** - [ ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones ## Description  Using SOCKS-proxy (e.g. socks5://) is already implemented meanwhile, but unfortunately it does not work with DNS-requests (e.g. socks5h://). Is there a possibility to include this "feature"...?

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2026-02-21 14:29:07 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2024):

Basically we rely on the proxy support in the standard library. I suspect that this is not supported with the modules that we use and would be hard to implement. You might be able to achieve what you want by configuring a separate web proxy that understands socks5h as the proxy for yt-dl.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2024): Basically we rely on the proxy support in the standard library. I suspect that this is not supported with the modules that we use and would be hard to implement. You might be able to achieve what you want by configuring a separate web proxy that understands socks5h as the proxy for yt-dl.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 14:29:09 -05:00

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2024):

I'd be happy to consider a PR based on https://github.com/SeaHOH/extproxy as an optional dependency.

This could also address #32549 and some other historic proxy issues.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2024): I'd be happy to consider a PR based on https://github.com/SeaHOH/extproxy as an optional dependency. This could also address #32549 and some other historic proxy issues.

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