From 6a4218aa238d1074904dd39ec553a4df5127ebed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 21:33:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] handle 'json' parameter in Extractor.request() manually

Mainly to allow passing custom classes like util.LazyPrompt,
but also to simplify and streamline how requests handles it.
---
 gallery_dl/extractor/common.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index bf4de4d4..9b010c59 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ class Extractor():
             kwargs["timeout"] = self._timeout
         if "verify" not in kwargs:
             kwargs["verify"] = self._verify
+
+        if "json" in kwargs:
+            json = kwargs["json"]
+            if json is not None:
+                kwargs["data"] = util.json_dumps(json).encode()
+                del kwargs["json"]
+                headers = kwargs.get("headers")
+                if headers:
+                    headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+                else:
+                    kwargs["headers"] = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+
         response = None
         tries = 1