Repository: yt-dlp/yt-dlp
File: yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py (Python)

Code before:
        return self._search_regex(rf'^(?:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?/({self._YT_CHANNEL_UCID_RE})',
                                  url, 'channel id', default=None)

    @functools.cached_property
    def _preferred_lang(self):
        """
        Returns a language code supported by YouTube for the user preferred language.
        Returns None if no preferred language set.
        """
        preferred_lang = self._configuration_arg('lang', ie_key='Youtube', casesense=True, default=[''])[0]
        if not preferred_lang:
            return
        if preferred_lang not in self._SUPPORTED_LANG_CODES:
            raise ExtractorError(
                f'Unsupported language code: {preferred_lang}. Supported language codes (case-sensitive): {join_nonempty(*self._SUPPORTED_LANG_CODES, delim=", ")}.',
                expected=True)
        elif preferred_lang != 'en':
            self.report_warning(
                f'Preferring "{preferred_lang}" translated fields. Note that some metadata extraction may fail or be incorrect.')
        return preferred_lang

    def _initialize_consent(self):
        if self._has_auth_cookies:
            return
        cookies = self._youtube_cookies
        socs = cookies.get('SOCS')
        if socs and not socs.value.startswith('CAA'):  # not consented
            return
        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'SOCS', 'CAI', secure=True)  # accept all (required for mixes)

    def _initialize_pref(self):
        cookies = self._youtube_cookies
        pref_cookie = cookies.get('PREF')
        pref = {}
        if pref_cookie:
            try:
                pref = dict(urllib.parse.parse_qsl(pref_cookie.value))
            except ValueError:
                self.report_warning('Failed to parse user PREF cookie' + bug_reports_message())
        pref.update({'hl': self._preferred_lang or 'en', 'tz': 'UTC'})
        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', name='PREF', value=urllib.parse.urlencode(pref))

    def _initialize_cookie_auth(self):
        self._passed_auth_cookies = False
        if self._has_auth_cookies:
            self._passed_auth_cookies = True
            self.write_debug('Found YouTube account cookies')

    def _real_initialize(self):
        self._initialize_pref()
        self._initialize_consent()

Review comment (suggestion):
```suggestion
        socs = self._youtube_cookies.get('SOCS')
```

Code after:
        return self._search_regex(rf'^(?:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?/({self._YT_CHANNEL_UCID_RE})',
                                  url, 'channel id', default=None)

    @functools.cached_property
    def _preferred_lang(self):
        """
        Returns a language code supported by YouTube for the user preferred language.
        Returns None if no preferred language set.
        """
        preferred_lang = self._configuration_arg('lang', ie_key='Youtube', casesense=True, default=[''])[0]
        if not preferred_lang:
            return
        if preferred_lang not in self._SUPPORTED_LANG_CODES:
            raise ExtractorError(
                f'Unsupported language code: {preferred_lang}. Supported language codes (case-sensitive): {join_nonempty(*self._SUPPORTED_LANG_CODES, delim=", ")}.',
                expected=True)
        elif preferred_lang != 'en':
            self.report_warning(
                f'Preferring "{preferred_lang}" translated fields. Note that some metadata extraction may fail or be incorrect.')
        return preferred_lang

    def _initialize_consent(self):
        if self._has_auth_cookies:
            return
        socs = self._youtube_cookies.get('SOCS')
        if socs and not socs.value.startswith('CAA'):  # not consented
            return
        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'SOCS', 'CAI', secure=True)  # accept all (required for mixes)

    def _initialize_pref(self):
        pref_cookie = self._youtube_cookies.get('PREF')
        pref = {}
        if pref_cookie:
            try:
                pref = dict(urllib.parse.parse_qsl(pref_cookie.value))
            except ValueError:
                self.report_warning('Failed to parse user PREF cookie' + bug_reports_message())
        pref.update({'hl': self._preferred_lang or 'en', 'tz': 'UTC'})
        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', name='PREF', value=urllib.parse.urlencode(pref))

    def _initialize_cookie_auth(self):
        self._passed_auth_cookies = False
        if self._has_auth_cookies:
            self._passed_auth_cookies = True
            self.write_debug('Found YouTube account cookies')

    def _real_initialize(self):
        self._initialize_pref()
        self._initialize_consent()
        self._initialize_cookie_auth()
        self._check_login_required()