From 764e59b0f38f61bf893e5cd17f1a1e386c6126fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: arabcoders <admin@arabcoders.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:35:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] use random user agent for requesting thumbnails and
 background

---
 app/routes/api/images.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/routes/api/images.py b/app/routes/api/images.py
index 4eb17460..6e5f14b6 100644
--- a/app/routes/api/images.py
+++ b/app/routes/api/images.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import httpx
 from aiohttp import web
 from aiohttp.web import Request, Response
+from yt_dlp.utils.networking import random_user_agent
 
 from app.library.ag_utils import ag
 from app.library.cache import Cache
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ async def get_thumbnail(request: Request, config: Config) -> Response:
             "proxy": ytdlp_args.get("proxy", None),
             "headers": {
                 "User-Agent": ytdlp_args.get(
-                    "user_agent", request.headers.get("User-Agent", f"YTPTube/{config.app_version}")
+                    "user_agent", request.headers.get("User-Agent", random_user_agent())
                 ),
             },
         }
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ async def get_background(request: Request, config: Config, cache: Cache) -> Resp
         opts = {
             "proxy": ytdlp_args.get("proxy", None),
             "headers": {
-                "User-Agent": ytdlp_args.get("user_agent", f"YTPTube/{config.app_version}"),
+                "User-Agent": ytdlp_args.get("user_agent", random_user_agent()),
             },
         }