-        if 'user_agent' in info_dict:
-            headers['Youtubedl-user-agent'] = info_dict['user_agent']
-        basic_request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, None, headers)
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, None, headers)
-
-        if self.params.get('test', False):
-            request.add_header('Range','bytes=0-10240')
+        add_headers = info_dict.get('http_headers')
+        if add_headers:
+            headers.update(add_headers)
+        data = info_dict.get('http_post_data')
+        http_method = info_dict.get('http_method')
+        basic_request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, data, headers)
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, data, headers)
+        if http_method is not None:
+            basic_request.get_method = lambda: http_method
+            request.get_method = lambda: http_method
+
+        is_test = self.params.get('test', False)
+
+        if is_test:
+            request.add_header('Range', 'bytes=0-%s' % str(self._TEST_FILE_SIZE - 1))