YT-DLP-Botguard

yt-dlp-get-pot-rustypipe is a yt-dlp GetPOT token provider that uses rustypipe-botguard to generate PO tokens.

It supports all web-based YouTube clients (web, web_safari, web_music, mweb tv, tv_embedded, web_embedded, web_creator).

Installation

1. Download and extract the rustypipe-botguard binary from https://codeberg.org/ThetaDev/rustypipe-botguard/releases and place it either in the PATH or the current working directory.
2. Install the yt-dlp-get-pot-rustypipe plugin

pipx

pipx inject yt-dlp yt-dlp-get-pot-rustypipe

pip

pip install yt-dlp-get-pot-rustypipe

If installed correctly, you should see the rustypipe-botguard PO Token provider in the yt-dlp -v YOUTUBE_URL output.

[debug] [GetPOT] PO Token Providers: rustypipe-botguard-0.1.0

Options

The plugin can be configured using extractor arguments, for example --extractor-args 'youtube:rustypipe_bg_pot_cache=1;rustypipe_bg_bin=/path/to/rustypipe-botguard'.

• rustypipe_bg_bin: Custom path to rustypipe-botguard binary.
• rustypipe_bg_snapshot_file Custom path to load/store a snapshot of the Botguard runtime.
• rustypipe_bg_no_snapshot Do not load/store a snapshot of the Botguard runtime (default: false).
• rustypipe_bg_pot_cache Reuse generated session PO tokens (default: true).
• rustypipe_bg_user_agent Set a custom user agent for fetching Botguard challenges.