[youtube] Always request webpage in English (Fixes #3844)

10 years ago · e2dce53781
parent 1770ed9e86
commit e2dce53781
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@ -655,7 +655,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):

        # Get video webpage
        url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
-        video_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
+        req.add_header('Cookie', 'PREF=hl=en')
+        video_webpage = self._download_webpage(req, video_id)

        # Attempt to extract SWF player URL
        mobj = re.search(r'swfConfig.*?"(https?:\\/\\/.*?watch.*?-.*?\.swf)"', video_webpage)