Closes #7367
pull/7390/head
pukkandan 1 year ago
parent d1b2156149
commit d7cd97e8d8
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@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ To activate authentication with the `.netrc` file you should pass `--netrc` to y
The default location of the .netrc file is `~` (see below).
As an alternative to using the `.netrc` file, which has the disadvantage of keeping your passwords in a plain text file, you can configure a custom shell command to provide the credentials for an extractor. This is done by providing the `--netrc-cmd` parameter, it shall output the credentials in the netrc format and return `0` on success, other values will be treated as an error. `{}` in the command will be replaced by the name of the extractor to make it possible to select the credentials for the right extractor (To use literal braces, double them like `{{}}`).
As an alternative to using the `.netrc` file, which has the disadvantage of keeping your passwords in a plain text file, you can configure a custom shell command to provide the credentials for an extractor. This is done by providing the `--netrc-cmd` parameter, it shall output the credentials in the netrc format and return `0` on success, other values will be treated as an error. `{}` in the command will be replaced by the name of the extractor to make it possible to select the credentials for the right extractor.
E.g. To use an encrypted `.netrc` file stored as `.authinfo.gpg`
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@ -1297,8 +1297,9 @@ class InfoExtractor:
def _get_netrc_login_info(self, netrc_machine=None):
netrc_machine = netrc_machine or self._NETRC_MACHINE
cmd = self.get_param('netrc_cmd', '').format(netrc_machine)
cmd = self.get_param('netrc_cmd')
if cmd:
cmd = cmd.replace('{}', netrc_machine)
self.to_screen(f'Executing command: {cmd}')
stdout, _, ret = Popen.run(cmd, text=True, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
if ret != 0:

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