Introduce --http-chunk-size

test/test_downloader_http.py

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import unittest
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
+from youtube_dl.compat import compat_http_server
+from youtube_dl.downloader.http import HttpFD
+from youtube_dl.utils import encodeFilename
+import ssl
+import threading
+
+TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+def http_server_port(httpd):
+    if os.name == 'java' and isinstance(httpd.socket, ssl.SSLSocket):
+        # In Jython SSLSocket is not a subclass of socket.socket
+        sock = httpd.socket.sock
+    else:
+        sock = httpd.socket
+    return sock.getsockname()[1]
+
+
+TEST_SIZE = 10 * 1024
+
+
+class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def log_message(self, format, *args):
+        pass
+
+    def send_content_range(self, total=None):
+        range_header = self.headers.get('Range')
+        start = end = None
+        if range_header:
+            mobj = re.search(r'^bytes=(\d+)-(\d+)', range_header)
+            if mobj:
+                start = int(mobj.group(1))
+                end = int(mobj.group(2))
+        valid_range = start is not None and end is not None
+        if valid_range:
+            content_range = 'bytes %d-%d' % (start, end)
+            if total:
+                content_range += '/%d' % total
+            self.send_header('Content-Range', content_range)
+        return (end - start + 1) if valid_range else total
+
+    def serve(self, range=True, content_length=True):
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header('Content-Type', 'video/mp4')
+        size = TEST_SIZE
+        if range:
+            size = self.send_content_range(TEST_SIZE)
+        if content_length:
+            self.send_header('Content-Length', size)
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(b'#' * size)
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if self.path == '/regular':
+            self.serve()
+        elif self.path == '/no-content-length':
+            self.serve(content_length=False)
+        elif self.path == '/no-range':
+            self.serve(range=False)
+        elif self.path == '/no-range-no-content-length':
+            self.serve(range=False, content_length=False)
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+
+class FakeLogger(object):
+    def debug(self, msg):
+        pass
+
+    def warning(self, msg):
+        pass
+
+    def error(self, msg):
+        pass
+
+
+class TestHttpFD(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+            ('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
+        self.port = http_server_port(self.httpd)
+        self.server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
+        self.server_thread.daemon = True
+        self.server_thread.start()
+
+    def download(self, params, ep):
+        params['logger'] = FakeLogger()
+        ydl = YoutubeDL(params)
+        downloader = HttpFD(ydl, params)
+        filename = 'testfile.mp4'
+        self.assertTrue(downloader.real_download(filename, {
+            'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:%d/%s' % (self.port, ep),
+        }))
+        self.assertEqual(os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(filename)), TEST_SIZE)
+        os.remove(encodeFilename(filename))
+
+    def download_all(self, params):
+        for ep in ('regular', 'no-content-length', 'no-range', 'no-range-no-content-length'):
+            self.download(params, ep)
+
+    def test_regular(self):
+        self.download_all({})
+
+    def test_chunked(self):
+        self.download_all({
+            'http_chunk_size': 1000,
+        })
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ def parse_retries(retries):
         if numeric_buffersize is None:
             parser.error('invalid buffer size specified')
         opts.buffersize = numeric_buffersize
+    if opts.http_chunk_size is not None:
+        numeric_chunksize = FileDownloader.parse_bytes(opts.http_chunk_size)
+        if not numeric_chunksize:
+            parser.error('invalid http chunk size specified')
+        opts.http_chunk_size = numeric_chunksize
     if opts.playliststart <= 0:
         raise ValueError('Playlist start must be positive')
     if opts.playlistend not in (-1, None) and opts.playlistend < opts.playliststart:
@@ -346,6 +351,7 @@ def parse_retries(retries):
         'keep_fragments': opts.keep_fragments,
         'buffersize': opts.buffersize,
         'noresizebuffer': opts.noresizebuffer,
+        'http_chunk_size': opts.http_chunk_size,
         'continuedl': opts.continue_dl,
         'noprogress': opts.noprogress,
         'progress_with_newline': opts.progress_with_newline,

youtube_dl/downloader/http.py

@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
 import re
 
 from .common import FileDownloader
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_error
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_str,
+    compat_urllib_error,
+)
 from ..utils import (
     ContentTooShortError,
     encodeFilename,
+    int_or_none,
     sanitize_open,
     sanitized_Request,
     write_xattr,
@@ -42,17 +46,22 @@ class DownloadContext(dict):
         request = sanitized_Request(url, None, headers)
 
         is_test = self.params.get('test', False)
-
+        chunk_size = self._TEST_FILE_SIZE if is_test else (
-        if is_test:
+            self.params.get('http_chunk_size') or 0)
-            request.add_header('Range', 'bytes=0-%s' % str(self._TEST_FILE_SIZE - 1))
 
         ctx.open_mode = 'wb'
         ctx.resume_len = 0
+        ctx.data_len = None
+        ctx.block_size = self.params.get('buffersize', 1024)
+        ctx.start_time = time.time()
 
         if self.params.get('continuedl', True):
             # Establish possible resume length
             if os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(ctx.tmpfilename)):
-                ctx.resume_len = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(ctx.tmpfilename))
+                ctx.resume_len = os.path.getsize(
+                    encodeFilename(ctx.tmpfilename))
+
+        ctx.is_resume = ctx.resume_len > 0
 
         count = 0
         retries = self.params.get('retries', 0)
@@ -64,11 +73,33 @@ class RetryDownload(Exception):
             def __init__(self, source_error):
                 self.source_error = source_error
 
+        class NextFragment(Exception):
+            pass
+
+        def set_range(req, start, end):
+            range_header = 'bytes=%d-' % start
+            if end:
+                range_header += compat_str(end)
+            req.add_header('Range', range_header)
+
         def establish_connection():
-            if ctx.resume_len != 0:
+            if ctx.resume_len > 0:
+                range_start = ctx.resume_len
+                if ctx.is_resume:
                     self.report_resuming_byte(ctx.resume_len)
-                request.add_header('Range', 'bytes=%d-' % ctx.resume_len)
                 ctx.open_mode = 'ab'
+            elif chunk_size > 0:
+                range_start = 0
+            else:
+                range_start = None
+            ctx.is_resume = False
+            range_end = range_start + chunk_size - 1 if chunk_size else None
+            if range_end and ctx.data_len is not None and range_end >= ctx.data_len:
+                range_end = ctx.data_len - 1
+            has_range = range_start is not None
+            ctx.has_range = has_range
+            if has_range:
+                set_range(request, range_start, range_end)
             # Establish connection
             try:
                 ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
@@ -77,12 +108,24 @@ def establish_connection():
                 # that don't support resuming and serve a whole file with no Content-Range
                 # set in response despite of requested Range (see
                 # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6057#issuecomment-126129799)
-                if ctx.resume_len > 0:
+                if has_range:
                     content_range = ctx.data.headers.get('Content-Range')
                     if content_range:
-                        content_range_m = re.search(r'bytes (\d+)-', content_range)
+                        content_range_m = re.search(r'bytes (\d+)-(\d+)?(?:/(\d+))?', content_range)
                         # Content-Range is present and matches requested Range, resume is possible
-                        if content_range_m and ctx.resume_len == int(content_range_m.group(1)):
+                        if content_range_m:
+                            if range_start == int(content_range_m.group(1)):
+                                content_range_end = int_or_none(content_range_m.group(2))
+                                content_len = int_or_none(content_range_m.group(3))
+                                accept_content_len = (
+                                    # Non-chunked download
+                                    not chunk_size or
+                                    # Chunked download and requested piece or
+                                    # its part is promised to be served
+                                    content_range_end == range_end or
+                                    content_len < range_end)
+                                if accept_content_len:
+                                    ctx.data_len = content_len
                                     return
                     # Content-Range is either not present or invalid. Assuming remote webserver is
                     # trying to send the whole file, resume is not possible, so wiping the local file
@@ -90,12 +133,10 @@ def establish_connection():
                     self.report_unable_to_resume()
                     ctx.resume_len = 0
                     ctx.open_mode = 'wb'
+                ctx.data_len = int_or_none(ctx.data.info().get('Content-length', None))
                 return
             except (compat_urllib_error.HTTPError, ) as err:
-                if (err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600) and err.code != 416:
+                if err.code == 416:
-                    # Unexpected HTTP error
-                    raise
-                elif err.code == 416:
                     # Unable to resume (requested range not satisfiable)
                     try:
                         # Open the connection again without the range header
@@ -130,6 +171,15 @@ def establish_connection():
                             ctx.resume_len = 0
                             ctx.open_mode = 'wb'
                             return
+                elif err.code == 302:
+                    if not chunk_size:
+                        raise
+                    # HTTP Error 302: The HTTP server returned a redirect error that would lead to an infinite loop.
+                    # may happen during chunk downloading. This is usually fixed
+                    # with a retry.
+                elif err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600:
+                    # Unexpected HTTP error
+                    raise
                 raise RetryDownload(err)
             except socket.error as err:
                 if err.errno != errno.ECONNRESET:
@@ -160,7 +210,7 @@ def download():
                     return False
 
             byte_counter = 0 + ctx.resume_len
-            block_size = self.params.get('buffersize', 1024)
+            block_size = ctx.block_size
             start = time.time()
 
             # measure time over whole while-loop, so slow_down() and best_block_size() work together properly
@@ -233,25 +283,30 @@ def retry(e):
 
                 # Progress message
                 speed = self.calc_speed(start, now, byte_counter - ctx.resume_len)
-                if data_len is None:
+                if ctx.data_len is None:
                     eta = None
                 else:
-                    eta = self.calc_eta(start, time.time(), data_len - ctx.resume_len, byte_counter - ctx.resume_len)
+                    eta = self.calc_eta(start, time.time(), ctx.data_len - ctx.resume_len, byte_counter - ctx.resume_len)
 
                 self._hook_progress({
                     'status': 'downloading',
                     'downloaded_bytes': byte_counter,
-                    'total_bytes': data_len,
+                    'total_bytes': ctx.data_len,
                     'tmpfilename': ctx.tmpfilename,
                     'filename': ctx.filename,
                     'eta': eta,
                     'speed': speed,
-                    'elapsed': now - start,
+                    'elapsed': now - ctx.start_time,
                 })
 
                 if is_test and byte_counter == data_len:
                     break
 
+            if not is_test and chunk_size and ctx.data_len is not None and byte_counter < ctx.data_len:
+                ctx.resume_len = byte_counter
+                # ctx.block_size = block_size
+                raise NextFragment()
+
             if ctx.stream is None:
                 self.to_stderr('\n')
                 self.report_error('Did not get any data blocks')
@@ -276,7 +331,7 @@ def retry(e):
                 'total_bytes': byte_counter,
                 'filename': ctx.filename,
                 'status': 'finished',
-                'elapsed': time.time() - start,
+                'elapsed': time.time() - ctx.start_time,
             })
 
             return True
@@ -290,6 +345,8 @@ def retry(e):
                 if count <= retries:
                     self.report_retry(e.source_error, count, retries)
                 continue
+            except NextFragment:
+                continue
             except SucceedDownload:
                 return True
 

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser):
         '--no-resize-buffer',
         action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
         help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
+    downloader.add_option(
+        '--http-chunk-size',
+        dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
+        help='Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
+             'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--test',
         action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,