Add vk.com authentification options

[spvkgn]

Many videos on vk.com are private and can be watched only when logged in. Would be nice if you could add authentification options for vk.com. I can watch this video in browser when I logged in.

youtube-dl -vg http://vk.com/video-8871596_164049491
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-vg', 'http://vk.com/video-8871596_164049491']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.23
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-39-generic-i686-with-LinuxMint-13-maya
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: Unable to extract vars; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pavel/apps/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 497, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/home/pavel/apps/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 157, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/home/pavel/apps/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py", line 46, in _real_extract
data_json = self._search_regex(r'var vars = ({.*?});', info_page, 'vars')
File "/home/pavel/apps/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 352, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract vars; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

[dstftw]

Thank you for the report. Support for vk.com authentication has been added and will be available in next release of youtube-dl. You'll then be able to use it as follows: youtube-dl -u vk_login -p vk_password -vg http://vk.com/video-8871596_164049491

[phihag]

Fixed in youtube-dl 2014.02.17. Type youtube-dl -U to update.

[mikaiyl]

I am still having trouble with this issue, I have youtube-dl 2014.03.10.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-u', "''", '-p', "''", '-vg', 'http://vk.com/video227603911_167132719?list=f7f72a8cd72acf18ca']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.03.10
[debug] Python version 2.7.4 - Linux-3.8.0-19-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-13.04-raring
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vk.com] Logging in as ""
[vk.com] 227603911_167132719: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract vars; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 503, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 162, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py", line 113, in _real_extract
data_json = self._search_regex(r'var vars = ({.*?});', info_page, 'vars')
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 360, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError(u'Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract vars; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

[Tatarigami]

it also will be nice to make this option be valid for vk.com only... wrote the pass in conf file and it tries it to vimeo too(

[naglis]

@not-your-conscience, if you are running a POSIX operating system it can be achieved by putting vk.com credentials in a .netrc file in your home directory, for example:

machine vk
login <your_username>
password <your_password>

and then running youtube-dl with -n or --netrc flag (or you could put it inside your config file).

Another, less convenient workaround would be to use the --ignore-config flag for sites that are not vk.com, however, this means more typing and you would lose the global options inside your configuration file (if you have any).

Also, next time please feel free to open a new issue regarding your problem, because commenting on already closed issues makes it harder to track individual issues and/or might go unnoticed by us (like is almost happened this time ;)

[spvkgn]

Can you please take a look at this issue with authentication on vk.com ? #4967