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@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ This module countains all logic necessary to decipher the signature.
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  YouTube's strategy to restrict downloading videos is to send a ciphered version
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  of the signature to the client, along with the decryption algorithm obfuscated
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  in JavaScript. For the clients to play the videos, JavaScript must take the
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- ciphered version, pass it through a series of "transform functions," and then
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- signs the media URL with the output. On the backend, they verify that the
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- signature sent in the GET parameters is valid, and then returns the content
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- (video/audio stream) or 403 unauthorized accordingly.
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  This module is responsible for (1) finding and extracting those "transform
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  functions" (2) maps them to Python equivalents and (3) taking the ciphered
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  def get_transform_plan(js):
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  """Extract the "transform plan".
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- The "transform plan" is the functions the ciphered signature is passed
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- through to obtain the actual signature.
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  :param str js:
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  The contents of the base.js asset file.
 
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  YouTube's strategy to restrict downloading videos is to send a ciphered version
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  of the signature to the client, along with the decryption algorithm obfuscated
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  in JavaScript. For the clients to play the videos, JavaScript must take the
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+ ciphered version, cycle it through a series of "transform functions," and then
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+ signs the media URL with the output.
 
 
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  This module is responsible for (1) finding and extracting those "transform
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  functions" (2) maps them to Python equivalents and (3) taking the ciphered
 
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  def get_transform_plan(js):
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  """Extract the "transform plan".
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+ The "transform plan" is the functions that the ciphered signature is
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+ cycled through to obtain the actual signature.
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  :param str js:
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  The contents of the base.js asset file.