Merge 3d85135c02 into 74e90dd9b8

README.md

@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
     --add-headers FIELD:VALUE       Specify a custom HTTP header and its value,
                                     separated by a colon ":". You can use this
                                     option multiple times
+    --no-std-headers                Suppress standard headers
     --bidi-workaround               Work around terminals that lack
                                     bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv
                                     or fribidi executable in PATH

yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                        (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
+    no_std_headers:    Suppress standard headers
     proxy:             URL of the proxy server to use
     geo_verification_proxy:  URL of the proxy to use for IP address verification
                        on geo-restricted sites.
@@ -728,7 +729,8 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                     raise
 
         self.params['compat_opts'] = set(self.params.get('compat_opts', ()))
-        self.params['http_headers'] = HTTPHeaderDict(std_headers, self.params.get('http_headers'))
+        headers = HTTPHeaderDict({}) if self.params.get('no_std_headers') else std_headers
+        self.params['http_headers'] = HTTPHeaderDict(headers, self.params.get('http_headers'))
         self._load_cookies(self.params['http_headers'].get('Cookie'))  # compat
         self.params['http_headers'].pop('Cookie', None)
 

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
         'prefer_insecure': opts.prefer_insecure,
         'enable_file_urls': opts.enable_file_urls,
         'http_headers': opts.headers,
+        'no_std_headers': opts.no_std_headers,
         'proxy': opts.proxy,
         'socket_timeout': opts.socket_timeout,
         'bidi_workaround': opts.bidi_workaround,

yt_dlp/options.py

@@ -1125,6 +1125,11 @@ def create_parser():
         callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
         help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
     )
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--no-std-headers',
+        action='store_true', dest='no_std_headers', default=False,
+        help='Suppress standard headers',
+    )
     workarounds.add_option(
         '--bidi-workaround',
         dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',