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Proxy Setup

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Proxy support matters in two separate places:

  1. The Python app, when fetching YouTube transcripts or downloading YouTube audio with pytubefix
  2. The Python app, when downloading supported social URLs with yt-dlp

For Cobalt container proxy configuration, see the Cobalt page.

Python App (Webshare)

This repo expects Webshare credentials for the Python app.

  1. Add credentials to .env:
1WEBSHARE_PROXY_USERNAME = YOUR_WEBSHARE_USERNAME
2WEBSHARE_PROXY_PASSWORD = YOUR_WEBSHARE_PASSWORD
  1. Enable proxy for pytubefix and yt-dlp downloads in summarizer.yaml:
1defaults:
2  use-proxy: true

Notes:

  • YouTube transcript fetching uses Webshare automatically when credentials are present.
  • defaults.use-proxy: true affects pytubefix and yt-dlp audio downloads.
  • yt-dlp authentication is independent from Webshare proxy settings.
  • Host-specific cookie files such as INSTAGRAM_COOKIES_FILE win over YTDLP_COOKIES_FILE.
  • Cookie-file authentication wins over username/password authentication.