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RFE: support retrieving credentials from a keyring #11642

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alex3kov opened this issue Jan 8, 2017 · 1 comment
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RFE: support retrieving credentials from a keyring #11642

alex3kov opened this issue Jan 8, 2017 · 1 comment
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@alex3kov alex3kov commented Jan 8, 2017 •
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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2017.01.05. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

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Storing credentials in a keyring is safer than ~/.netrc

Would you consider adding support for getting credentials from keyring?
There's a keyring-agnostic library with Python bindings.
@alex3kov alex3kov changed the title [RFE] support retrieving credentials from a keyring RFE: support retrieving credentials from a keyring Jan 8, 2017
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@yan12125 yan12125 commented Jan 8, 2017

There's an implementation at #10610. You may want to fix issues listed there and finish it
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