Merge pull request #376 from shoobee/feat/yt-dlp-ssh-routing

feat(youtube): route yt-dlp through SSH host for residential IP egress
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Trevin Chow
2026-05-16 22:31:18 -07:00
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"""Tests for YouTube transcript highlights and yt-dlp safety flags."""
import json
import os
import sys
import tempfile
import unittest
@@ -407,5 +408,134 @@ class TestSearchAndTranscribe(unittest.TestCase):
ft_mock.assert_not_called()
class TestYtdlpSSHRouting(unittest.TestCase):
"""LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST routes yt-dlp invocations through SSH for residential IP."""
def setUp(self):
# Ensure clean env for each test
self._saved_env = os.environ.pop("LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST", None)
def tearDown(self):
os.environ.pop("LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST", None)
if self._saved_env is not None:
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = self._saved_env
def test_no_env_var_returns_none(self):
"""Without the env var set, _ytdlp_ssh_host returns None."""
self.assertIsNone(youtube_yt._ytdlp_ssh_host())
def test_env_var_returns_host(self):
"""With LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST set, _ytdlp_ssh_host returns it."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = "macmini"
self.assertEqual(youtube_yt._ytdlp_ssh_host(), "macmini")
def test_env_var_whitespace_stripped(self):
"""Whitespace around the host alias is stripped."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = " macmini "
self.assertEqual(youtube_yt._ytdlp_ssh_host(), "macmini")
def test_empty_env_var_falls_back_to_none(self):
"""An empty env var is treated as unset."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = ""
self.assertIsNone(youtube_yt._ytdlp_ssh_host())
def test_wrap_cmd_passthrough_when_unset(self):
"""_wrap_ytdlp_cmd returns input unchanged when SSH routing is off."""
cmd = ["yt-dlp", "--ignore-config", "ytsearch5:test"]
self.assertEqual(youtube_yt._wrap_ytdlp_cmd(cmd), cmd)
def test_wrap_cmd_prepends_ssh_when_set(self):
"""_wrap_ytdlp_cmd prepends ssh <host> when SSH routing is on."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = "macmini"
cmd = ["yt-dlp", "--ignore-config", "ytsearch5:test"]
wrapped = youtube_yt._wrap_ytdlp_cmd(cmd)
self.assertEqual(wrapped[0], "ssh")
self.assertEqual(wrapped[1], "-o")
self.assertEqual(wrapped[2], "BatchMode=yes")
# `--` terminates SSH option parsing so a host starting with `-`
# (e.g. `-oProxyCommand=...`) cannot be reinterpreted as a flag.
self.assertEqual(wrapped[3], "--")
self.assertEqual(wrapped[4], "macmini")
# Final arg is the shell-quoted command string
self.assertIn("yt-dlp", wrapped[5])
self.assertIn("ytsearch5:test", wrapped[5])
def test_wrap_cmd_quotes_args_with_spaces(self):
"""Args containing spaces or special chars are shell-quoted."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = "macmini"
cmd = ["yt-dlp", "ytsearch5:hello world", "--dump-json"]
wrapped = youtube_yt._wrap_ytdlp_cmd(cmd)
# shlex.quote wraps the whole arg in single quotes when it contains spaces
self.assertIn("'ytsearch5:hello world'", wrapped[5])
def test_wrap_cmd_uses_option_terminator(self):
"""`--` is inserted before host as defense-in-depth even for valid hosts."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = "macmini"
cmd = ["yt-dlp", "--version"]
wrapped = youtube_yt._wrap_ytdlp_cmd(cmd)
dash_idx = wrapped.index("--")
self.assertEqual(wrapped[dash_idx + 1], "macmini")
def test_host_alias_with_dash_prefix_is_rejected(self):
"""A host value starting with `-` is rejected by the alias validator.
Without validation, ssh could parse `-oProxyCommand=...` as a flag
instead of a hostname. The `--` terminator in _wrap_ytdlp_cmd is
defense-in-depth; this regex on _ytdlp_ssh_host() rejects the value
before it ever reaches the ssh command line.
"""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = "-oProxyCommand=evil"
self.assertIsNone(youtube_yt._ytdlp_ssh_host())
# And the wrap function falls back to the local-execution path.
cmd = ["yt-dlp", "--version"]
self.assertEqual(youtube_yt._wrap_ytdlp_cmd(cmd), cmd)
def test_host_alias_with_shell_metacharacters_is_rejected(self):
"""Host values containing spaces, semicolons, $, etc. are rejected."""
for bad in ("host;rm -rf /", "host name", "host$IFS", "host`whoami`", "host&cmd"):
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = bad
self.assertIsNone(
youtube_yt._ytdlp_ssh_host(),
msg=f"validator should reject {bad!r}",
)
def test_host_alias_validator_accepts_realistic_aliases(self):
"""Valid SSH config aliases are accepted: bare names, FQDNs, IPs."""
for good in ("macmini", "home-server", "pi5.local", "192.168.1.10", "homelab_box"):
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = good
self.assertEqual(youtube_yt._ytdlp_ssh_host(), good)
def test_is_ytdlp_installed_short_circuits_with_ssh(self):
"""is_ytdlp_installed returns True without local check when SSH routing is on."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = "macmini"
with mock.patch("lib.youtube_yt.shutil.which", return_value=None) as which_mock:
self.assertTrue(youtube_yt.is_ytdlp_installed())
which_mock.assert_not_called()
def test_is_ytdlp_installed_falls_through_without_ssh(self):
"""is_ytdlp_installed checks PATH normally when SSH routing is off."""
with mock.patch("lib.youtube_yt.shutil.which", return_value="/usr/bin/yt-dlp"):
self.assertTrue(youtube_yt.is_ytdlp_installed())
with mock.patch("lib.youtube_yt.shutil.which", return_value=None):
self.assertFalse(youtube_yt.is_ytdlp_installed())
def test_search_call_routes_through_ssh(self):
"""search_youtube wraps the yt-dlp invocation when SSH routing is on."""
os.environ["LAST30DAYS_YOUTUBE_SSH_HOST"] = "macmini"
from lib.subproc import SubprocResult
fake_result = SubprocResult(returncode=0, stdout="", stderr="")
with mock.patch.object(youtube_yt.subproc, "run_with_timeout",
return_value=fake_result) as run_mock:
youtube_yt.search_youtube("test", "2026-02-01", "2026-03-01")
cmd = run_mock.call_args.args[0]
self.assertEqual(cmd[0], "ssh")
self.assertEqual(cmd[3], "--")
self.assertEqual(cmd[4], "macmini")
# The shell-quoted yt-dlp invocation lives at index 5
self.assertIn("yt-dlp", cmd[5])
self.assertIn("--ignore-config", cmd[5])
self.assertIn("--no-cookies-from-browser", cmd[5])
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()