From 24cabc1f02632b40399b3a8e093fbb642431071f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tzahi12345 <tzahi2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:12:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issue where videos would be downloaded in the
 collectInfo stage (#774)

---
 backend/downloader.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/downloader.js b/backend/downloader.js
index 11caa36..0f3fb56 100644
--- a/backend/downloader.js
+++ b/backend/downloader.js
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ async function collectInfo(download_uid) {
         options.customOutput = category['custom_output'];
         options.noRelativePath = true;
         args = await exports.generateArgs(url, type, options, download['user_uid']);
-        args = utils.filterArgs(args, ['--no-simulate']);
         info = await exports.getVideoInfoByURL(url, args, download_uid);
     }
 
@@ -552,7 +551,8 @@ exports.generateArgs = async (url, type, options, user_uid = null, simulated = f
 exports.getVideoInfoByURL = async (url, args = [], download_uid = null) => {
     return new Promise(resolve => {
         // remove bad args
-        const new_args = [...args];
+        let new_args = [...args];
+        new_args = utils.filterArgs(new_args, ['--no-simulate']);
 
         const archiveArgIndex = new_args.indexOf('--download-archive');
         if (archiveArgIndex !== -1) {