+            'format_id': 'format code', 'ext': 'extension',
+            'resolution': 'resolution', 'format_note': 'note'}, idlen=idlen)
+        self.to_screen('[info] Available formats for %s:\n%s\n%s' %
+                       (info_dict['id'], header_line, '\n'.join(formats_s)))
+
+    def urlopen(self, req):
+        """ Start an HTTP download """
+        return self._opener.open(req)
+
+    def print_debug_header(self):
+        if not self.params.get('verbose'):
+            return
+        write_string('[debug] youtube-dl version ' + __version__ + '\n')
+        try:
+            sp = subprocess.Popen(
+                ['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'],
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+            out, err = sp.communicate()
+            out = out.decode().strip()
+            if re.match('[0-9a-f]+', out):
+                write_string('[debug] Git HEAD: ' + out + '\n')
+        except:
+            try:
+                sys.exc_clear()
+            except:
+                pass
+        write_string('[debug] Python version %s - %s' %
+                     (platform.python_version(), platform_name()) + '\n')
+
+        proxy_map = {}
+        for handler in self._opener.handlers:
+            if hasattr(handler, 'proxies'):
+                proxy_map.update(handler.proxies)
+        write_string('[debug] Proxy map: ' + compat_str(proxy_map) + '\n')
+
+    def _setup_opener(self):
+        timeout_val = self.params.get('socket_timeout')
+        timeout = 600 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
+
+        opts_cookiefile = self.params.get('cookiefile')
+        opts_proxy = self.params.get('proxy')
+
+        if opts_cookiefile is None:
+            self.cookiejar = compat_cookiejar.CookieJar()
+        else:
+            self.cookiejar = compat_cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar(
+                opts_cookiefile)
+            if os.access(opts_cookiefile, os.R_OK):
+                self.cookiejar.load()
+
+        cookie_processor = compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor(
+            self.cookiejar)
+        if opts_proxy is not None:
+            if opts_proxy == '':
+                proxies = {}
+            else:
+                proxies = {'http': opts_proxy, 'https': opts_proxy}
+        else:
+            proxies = compat_urllib_request.getproxies()
+            # Set HTTPS proxy to HTTP one if given (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/805)
+            if 'http' in proxies and 'https' not in proxies:
+                proxies['https'] = proxies['http']
+        proxy_handler = compat_urllib_request.ProxyHandler(proxies)
+
+        debuglevel = 1 if self.params.get('debug_printtraffic') else 0
+        https_handler = make_HTTPS_handler(
+            self.params.get('nocheckcertificate', False), debuglevel=debuglevel)
+        ydlh = YoutubeDLHandler(debuglevel=debuglevel)
+        opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(
+            https_handler, proxy_handler, cookie_processor, ydlh)
+        # Delete the default user-agent header, which would otherwise apply in
+        # cases where our custom HTTP handler doesn't come into play
+        # (See https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1309 for details)
+        opener.addheaders = []
+        self._opener = opener
+
+        # TODO remove this global modification
+        compat_urllib_request.install_opener(opener)
+        socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)