Added new setting to force a safe download (removes features like progress bar)

backend/app.js

@@ -1893,8 +1893,11 @@ app.post('/api/tomp3', optionalJwt, async function(req, res) {
         user: req.isAuthenticated() ? req.user.uid : null
     }
 
+    const safeDownloadOverride = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_safe_download_override');
     const is_playlist = url.includes('playlist');
-    if (is_playlist || options.customQualityConfiguration || options.customArgs || options.maxBitrate)
+
+    let result_obj = null;
+    if (safeDownloadOverride || is_playlist || options.customQualityConfiguration || options.customArgs || options.maxBitrate)
         result_obj = await downloadFileByURL_exec(url, 'audio', options, req.query.sessionID);
     else
         result_obj = await downloadFileByURL_normal(url, 'audio', options, req.query.sessionID);
@@ -1920,9 +1923,11 @@ app.post('/api/tomp4', optionalJwt, async function(req, res) {
         user: req.isAuthenticated() ? req.user.uid : null
     }
     
+    const safeDownloadOverride = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_safe_download_override');
     const is_playlist = url.includes('playlist');
+
     let result_obj = null;
-    if (is_playlist || options.customQualityConfiguration || options.customArgs || options.selectedHeight || !url.includes('youtu'))
+    if (safeDownloadOverride || is_playlist || options.customQualityConfiguration || options.customArgs || options.selectedHeight || !url.includes('youtu'))
         result_obj = await downloadFileByURL_exec(url, 'video', options, req.query.sessionID);
     else
         result_obj = await downloadFileByURL_normal(url, 'video', options, req.query.sessionID);

backend/appdata/default.json

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
       "path-audio": "audio/",
       "path-video": "video/",
       "use_youtubedl_archive": false,
-      "custom_args": ""
+      "custom_args": "",
+      "safe_download_override": false
     },
     "Extra": {
       "title_top": "YoutubeDL-Material",

backend/appdata/encrypted.json

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
         "path-audio": "audio/",
         "path-video": "video/",
         "use_youtubedl_archive": false,
-        "custom_args": ""
+        "custom_args": "",
+        "safe_download_override": false
       },
       "Extra": {
         "title_top": "YoutubeDL-Material",

backend/config.js

@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
         "path-audio": "audio/",
         "path-video": "video/",
         "use_youtubedl_archive": false,
-        "custom_args": ""
+        "custom_args": "",
+        "safe_download_override": false
       },
       "Extra": {
         "title_top": "YoutubeDL-Material",

src/app/settings/settings.component.html

@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@
                         <mat-checkbox color="accent" [(ngModel)]="new_config['Downloader']['use_youtubedl_archive']"><ng-container i18n="Use youtubedl archive setting">Use youtube-dl archive</ng-container></mat-checkbox>
                         <p>Note: This setting only applies to downloads on the Home page. If you would like to use youtube-dl archive functionality in subscriptions, head down to the Subscriptions section.</p>
                     </div>
+
+                    <div class="col-12 mt-3">
+                        <mat-checkbox color="accent" [(ngModel)]="new_config['Downloader']['safe_download_override']"><ng-container i18n="Safe download override setting">Safe download override</ng-container></mat-checkbox>
+                    </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </ng-template>

src/assets/default.json

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
       "path-audio": "audio/",
       "path-video": "video/",
       "use_youtubedl_archive": false,
-      "custom_args": ""
+      "custom_args": "",
+      "safe_download_override": false
     },
     "Extra": {
       "title_top": "YoutubeDL-Material",
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
     "Subscriptions": {
       "allow_subscriptions": true,
       "subscriptions_base_path": "subscriptions/",
-      "subscriptions_check_interval": "300",
+      "subscriptions_check_interval": "30",
       "subscriptions_use_youtubedl_archive": true
     },
     "Users": {
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@
       "custom_downloading_agent": "",
       "multi_user_mode": true,
       "allow_advanced_download": true,
-      "logger_level": "debug"
+      "logger_level": "debug",
+      "use_cookies": true
     }
   }
 }