Add the ability to add a proxy to youtube_dl

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ The only required file to modify would be the config.yml.sample file. The entrie
 - discord_bots_key: The key for the [bots.discord.pw site](https://bots.discord.pw/#g=1), if you don't have a key just leave it blank, it should fail and log the failure
 - carbon_key: The key used for the [carbonitex site](https://www.carbonitex.net/discord/bots)
 - twitch_key: The twitch token that is used for the API calls
+- youtube_dl_proxy: A URL that can be used to proxy the calls youtube_dl goes through. Useful if your server is in a location that has many youtube videos blocked. 
 - youtube_key: The key used for youtube API calls
 - osu_key: The key used for Osu API calls
 - db_*: This is the information for the rethinkdb database.

cogs/utils/config.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ global_config = {}
 try:
     with open("config.yml", "r") as f:
         global_config = yaml.safe_load(f)
-        global_config = {k: v if isinstance(v, str) and len(v) != 0 else None for k, v in global_config.items()}
+        global_config = {k: v for k, v in global_config.items() if v}
 except FileNotFoundError:
     print("You have no config file setup! Please use config.yml.sample to setup a valid config file")
     quit()
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ lol_key = global_config.get('lol_key', '')
 # The invite link for the server made for the bot
 dev_server = global_config.get("dev_server", "")
 # The User-Agent that we'll use for most requests
-user_agent = global_config.get('user_agent', "")
+user_agent = global_config.get('user_agent', None)
+# The URL to proxy youtube_dl's requests through
+ytdl_proxy = global_config.get('youtube_dl_proxy', None)
 # The extensions to load
 extensions = ['cogs.interaction', 'cogs.misc', 'cogs.mod', 'cogs.admin', 'cogs.images',
               'cogs.owner', 'cogs.stats', 'cogs.picarto', 'cogs.overwatch', 'cogs.links',

config.yml.sample

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ twitch_key: 'key'
 youtube_key: 'key'
 osu_key: 'key'
 dev_server: 'https://discord.gg/123456'
+youtube_dl_proxy: 'https://myproxy.proxy:1234'
 
 user_agent: 'User-Agent/1.0.0 (Comment like link to site)'