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yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -4470,6 +4470,9 @@ def _plain_entries(self, entries):
 
     def _is_use_webview(self, url):
         try:
+            if self.params.get('force_use_webview', False):
+                return True
+
             parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
             query_params = urllib.parse.parse_qs(parsed.query)
             real_webview_url = query_params.get('__real_use_webview__', None)

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
         'webview_location': opts.webview_location,
         'webview_install': opts.webview_install,
         'webview_params': opts.webview_params,
+        'force_use_webview': opts.force_use_webview,
         'cookiesfrombrowser': opts.cookiesfrombrowser,
         'legacyserverconnect': opts.legacy_server_connect,
         'nocheckcertificate': opts.no_check_certificate,

yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py

@@ -2940,6 +2940,9 @@ def __check_result(self, result, input_url):
 
     def __get_url(self, url):
         try:
+            if self._downloader.params.get('force_use_webview', False):
+                return url, True
+
             parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
             query_params = urllib.parse.parse_qs(parsed.query)
             real_webview_url = query_params.get('__real_use_webview__', None)

yt_dlp/options.py

@@ -1499,6 +1499,10 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
         '--webview-params',
         dest='webview_params', default=None,
         help='Params of the webview')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--force-use-webview',
+        action='store_true', dest='force_use_webview', default=False,
+        help='Force use the webview')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--no-cookies',
         action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',