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1from __future__ import unicode_literals
2
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3import os.path
4import optparse
5import shlex
6import sys
7
222516d9 8from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
8c25f81b 9from .compat import (
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10 compat_expanduser,
11 compat_getenv,
c7b0add8 12 compat_kwargs,
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13)
14from .utils import (
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15 get_term_width,
16 write_string,
17)
18from .version import __version__
19
20
21def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
22 def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
23 try:
24 optionf = open(filename_bytes)
25 except IOError:
26 return default # silently skip if file is not present
27 try:
28 res = []
29 for l in optionf:
30 res += shlex.split(l, comments=True)
31 finally:
32 optionf.close()
33 return res
34
35 def _readUserConf():
4644ac55 36 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
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37 if xdg_config_home:
38 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl', 'config')
39 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
40 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
41 else:
4644ac55 42 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl', 'config')
34a741a8 43 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
4644ac55 44 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
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45 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, None)
46
47 if userConf is None:
4644ac55 48 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
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49 if appdata_dir:
50 userConf = _readOptions(
51 os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config'),
52 default=None)
53 if userConf is None:
54 userConf = _readOptions(
55 os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config.txt'),
56 default=None)
57
58 if userConf is None:
59 userConf = _readOptions(
4644ac55 60 os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf'),
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61 default=None)
62 if userConf is None:
63 userConf = _readOptions(
4644ac55 64 os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf.txt'),
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65 default=None)
66
67 if userConf is None:
68 userConf = []
69
70 return userConf
71
72 def _format_option_string(option):
73 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
74
75 opts = []
76
77 if option._short_opts:
78 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
79 if option._long_opts:
80 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
81 if len(opts) > 1:
82 opts.insert(1, ', ')
83
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84 if option.takes_value():
85 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
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86
87 return "".join(opts)
88
89 def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser):
90 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, value.split(','))
91
92 def _hide_login_info(opts):
93 opts = list(opts)
94 for private_opt in ['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password']:
95 try:
96 i = opts.index(private_opt)
8450c15c 97 opts[i + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
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98 except ValueError:
99 pass
100 return opts
101
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102 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
103 columns = get_term_width()
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104 max_width = columns if columns else 80
105 max_help_position = 80
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106
107 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
108 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
109
110 kw = {
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111 'version': __version__,
112 'formatter': fmt,
a42419da 113 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
8450c15c 114 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
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115 }
116
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34a741a8 118
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119 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
120 general.add_option(
121 '-h', '--help',
122 action='help',
123 help='print this help text and exit')
124 general.add_option(
125 '-v', '--version',
126 action='version',
127 help='print program version and exit')
128 general.add_option(
129 '-U', '--update',
130 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
131 help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
132 general.add_option(
133 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
134 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=False,
135 help='continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist')
136 general.add_option(
137 '--abort-on-error',
138 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
139 help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
140 general.add_option(
141 '--dump-user-agent',
142 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
143 help='display the current browser identification')
34a741a8 144 general.add_option(
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145 '--list-extractors',
146 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
147 help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle')
148 general.add_option(
149 '--extractor-descriptions',
150 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
151 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
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152 general.add_option(
153 '--default-search',
154 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
155 help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.')
156 general.add_option(
157 '--ignore-config',
158 action='store_true',
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159 help='Do not read configuration files. '
160 'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: '
161 'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
162 '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
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163 general.add_option(
164 '--flat-playlist',
165 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
166 default=False,
167 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.')
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169 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
170 network.add_option(
171 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
172 default=None, metavar='URL',
173 help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
174 network.add_option(
175 '--socket-timeout',
176 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
177 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
178 network.add_option(
179 '--source-address',
180 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
181 help='Client-side IP address to bind to (experimental)',
182 )
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183 network.add_option(
184 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
185 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
186 help='Make all connections via IPv4 (experimental)',
187 )
188 network.add_option(
189 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
190 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
191 help='Make all connections via IPv6 (experimental)',
192 )
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8450c15c 194 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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195 selection.add_option(
196 '--playlist-start',
197 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
198 help='playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
199 selection.add_option(
200 '--playlist-end',
201 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
202 help='playlist video to end at (default is last)')
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203 selection.add_option(
204 '--playlist-items',
205 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
206 help='playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist seperated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.')
34a741a8 207 selection.add_option(
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208 '--match-title',
209 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
210 help='download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
211 selection.add_option(
212 '--reject-title',
213 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
214 help='skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
215 selection.add_option(
216 '--max-downloads',
217 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
218 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
219 selection.add_option(
220 '--min-filesize',
221 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
222 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
223 selection.add_option(
224 '--max-filesize',
225 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
226 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
227 selection.add_option(
228 '--date',
229 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
230 help='download only videos uploaded in this date')
231 selection.add_option(
232 '--datebefore',
233 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
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234 help='download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)')
235 selection.add_option(
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236 '--dateafter',
237 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
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238 help='download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)')
239 selection.add_option(
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240 '--min-views',
241 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
242 help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views',)
34a741a8 243 selection.add_option(
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244 '--max-views',
245 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
246 help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
34a741a8 247 selection.add_option(
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248 '--no-playlist',
249 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
acda92f6 250 help='If the URL refers to a video and a playlist, download only the video.')
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251 selection.add_option(
252 '--age-limit',
253 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
254 help='download only videos suitable for the given age')
255 selection.add_option(
256 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
257 dest='download_archive',
258 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
259 selection.add_option(
260 '--include-ads',
261 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
34a741a8 262 help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
34a741a8 263
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264 authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
265 authentication.add_option(
266 '-u', '--username',
267 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
268 help='login with this account ID')
269 authentication.add_option(
270 '-p', '--password',
271 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
ba319696 272 help='account password. If this option is left out, youtube-dl will ask interactively.')
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273 authentication.add_option(
274 '-2', '--twofactor',
275 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
276 help='two-factor auth code')
277 authentication.add_option(
278 '-n', '--netrc',
279 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
280 help='use .netrc authentication data')
281 authentication.add_option(
282 '--video-password',
283 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
284 help='video password (vimeo, smotri)')
285
286 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
287 video_format.add_option(
288 '-f', '--format',
289 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
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290 help=(
291 'video format code, specify the order of preference using'
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292 ' slashes, as in -f 22/17/18 . '
293 ' Instead of format codes, you can select by extension for the '
294 'extensions aac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, webm. '
295 'You can also use the special names "best",'
296 ' "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst". '
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297 ' You can filter the video results by putting a condition in'
298 ' brackets, as in -f "best[height=720]"'
299 ' (or -f "[filesize>10M]"). '
9f0df77a 300 ' This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, and fps'
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301 ' and the comparisons <, <=, >, >=, =, !='
302 ' and for ext, acodec, vcodec, container and protocol'
303 ' and the comparisons =, != .'
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304 ' Formats for which the value is not known are excluded unless you'
305 ' put a question mark (?) after the operator.'
306 ' You can combine format filters, so '
307 '-f "[height <=? 720][tbr>500]" '
308 'selects up to 720p videos (or videos where the height is not '
309 'known) with a bitrate of at least 500 KBit/s.'
0217c783 310 ' By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality.'
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311 ' Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as'
312 ' -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio.'
313 ' You can merge the video and audio of two formats into a single'
314 ' file using -f <video-format>+<audio-format> (requires ffmpeg or'
b74e86f4 315 ' avconv), for example -f bestvideo+bestaudio.'))
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316 video_format.add_option(
317 '--all-formats',
318 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
319 help='download all available video formats')
320 video_format.add_option(
321 '--prefer-free-formats',
322 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
323 help='prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested')
324 video_format.add_option(
325 '--max-quality',
326 action='store', dest='format_limit', metavar='FORMAT',
327 help='highest quality format to download')
328 video_format.add_option(
329 '-F', '--list-formats',
330 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
331 help='list all available formats')
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332 video_format.add_option(
333 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
334 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
335 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
336 video_format.add_option(
337 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
338 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
339 help='Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos')
d120e901 340 video_format.add_option(
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341 '--merge-output-format',
342 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 343 help=(
bd1a281e 344 'If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.'
d120e901 345 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
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346
347 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
348 subtitles.add_option(
349 '--write-sub', '--write-srt',
350 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
351 help='write subtitle file')
352 subtitles.add_option(
353 '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
354 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
355 help='write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)')
356 subtitles.add_option(
357 '--all-subs',
358 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
359 help='downloads all the available subtitles of the video')
360 subtitles.add_option(
361 '--list-subs',
362 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
363 help='lists all available subtitles for the video')
364 subtitles.add_option(
365 '--sub-format',
366 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='srt',
367 help='subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube only)')
368 subtitles.add_option(
369 '--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
370 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
371 default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback,
372 help='languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'')
373
374 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
375 downloader.add_option(
376 '-r', '--rate-limit',
377 dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT',
378 help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
379 downloader.add_option(
380 '-R', '--retries',
381 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
baeaeffc 382 help='number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite".')
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383 downloader.add_option(
384 '--buffer-size',
385 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
386 help='size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
387 downloader.add_option(
388 '--no-resize-buffer',
389 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
390 help='do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
391 downloader.add_option(
392 '--test',
393 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
394 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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395 downloader.add_option(
396 '--playlist-reverse',
397 action='store_true',
398 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
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399 downloader.add_option(
400 '--xattr-set-filesize',
401 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
402 help='(experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize')
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403 downloader.add_option(
404 '--external-downloader',
405 dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
406 help='(experimental) Use the specified external downloader. '
407 'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
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408
409 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 410 workarounds.add_option(
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411 '--encoding',
412 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
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413 help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
414 workarounds.add_option(
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415 '--no-check-certificate',
416 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
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417 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
418 workarounds.add_option(
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419 '--prefer-insecure',
420 '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
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421 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
422 workarounds.add_option(
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423 '--user-agent',
424 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
425 help='specify a custom user agent')
34a741a8 426 workarounds.add_option(
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427 '--referer',
428 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
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429 help='specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
430 )
431 workarounds.add_option(
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432 '--add-header',
433 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', action='append',
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434 help='specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times',
435 )
436 workarounds.add_option(
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437 '--bidi-workaround',
438 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
439 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
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440 workarounds.add_option(
441 '--sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 442 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
5f0d813d 443 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
34a741a8 444
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445 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
446 verbosity.add_option(
447 '-q', '--quiet',
448 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
449 help='activates quiet mode')
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450 verbosity.add_option(
451 '--no-warnings',
452 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
453 help='Ignore warnings')
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454 verbosity.add_option(
455 '-s', '--simulate',
456 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False,
457 help='do not download the video and do not write anything to disk',)
458 verbosity.add_option(
459 '--skip-download',
460 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
461 help='do not download the video',)
462 verbosity.add_option(
463 '-g', '--get-url',
464 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
465 help='simulate, quiet but print URL')
466 verbosity.add_option(
467 '-e', '--get-title',
468 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
469 help='simulate, quiet but print title')
470 verbosity.add_option(
471 '--get-id',
472 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
473 help='simulate, quiet but print id')
474 verbosity.add_option(
475 '--get-thumbnail',
476 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
477 help='simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL')
478 verbosity.add_option(
479 '--get-description',
480 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
481 help='simulate, quiet but print video description')
482 verbosity.add_option(
483 '--get-duration',
484 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
485 help='simulate, quiet but print video length')
486 verbosity.add_option(
487 '--get-filename',
488 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
489 help='simulate, quiet but print output filename')
490 verbosity.add_option(
491 '--get-format',
492 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
493 help='simulate, quiet but print output format')
494 verbosity.add_option(
495 '-j', '--dump-json',
496 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
497 help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.')
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498 verbosity.add_option(
499 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
500 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
501 help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.')
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502 verbosity.add_option(
503 '--print-json',
504 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
505 help='Be quiet and print the video information as JSON (video is still being downloaded).',
506 )
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507 verbosity.add_option(
508 '--newline',
509 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
510 help='output progress bar as new lines')
511 verbosity.add_option(
512 '--no-progress',
513 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False,
514 help='do not print progress bar')
515 verbosity.add_option(
516 '--console-title',
517 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
518 help='display progress in console titlebar')
519 verbosity.add_option(
520 '-v', '--verbose',
521 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
522 help='print various debugging information')
523 verbosity.add_option(
524 '--dump-intermediate-pages',
525 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
526 help='print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)')
527 verbosity.add_option(
528 '--write-pages',
529 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
530 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
531 verbosity.add_option(
532 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
533 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
534 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
535 verbosity.add_option(
536 '--print-traffic',
537 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
538 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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539 verbosity.add_option(
540 '-C', '--call-home',
541 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
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542 help='Contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.')
543 verbosity.add_option(
544 '--no-call-home',
545 dest='call_home', action='store_false', default=False,
546 help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging.')
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548 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
549 filesystem.add_option(
550 '-a', '--batch-file',
551 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
552 help='file containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
553 filesystem.add_option(
554 '--id', default=False,
555 action='store_true', dest='useid', help='use only video ID in file name')
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556 filesystem.add_option(
557 '-o', '--output',
558 dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
559 help=('output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, '
560 '%(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, '
561 '%(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, '
562 '%(ext)s for the filename extension, '
563 '%(format)s for the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), '
564 '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like Youtube\'s itags: "137"), '
565 '%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), '
566 '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), '
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567 '%(id)s for the video id, '
568 '%(playlist_title)s, %(playlist_id)s, or %(playlist)s (=title if present, ID otherwise) for the playlist the video is in, '
569 '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist. '
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570 '%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. '
571 '%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. '
a1cf99d0 572 '%% for a literal percent. '
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573 'Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a different directory, '
574 'for example with -o \'/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\' .'))
575 filesystem.add_option(
576 '--autonumber-size',
577 dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER',
578 help='Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given')
579 filesystem.add_option(
580 '--restrict-filenames',
581 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
582 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
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583 filesystem.add_option(
584 '-A', '--auto-number',
585 action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
586 help='[deprecated; use -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] number downloaded files starting from 00000')
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587 filesystem.add_option(
588 '-t', '--title',
589 action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
590 help='[deprecated] use title in file name (default)')
591 filesystem.add_option(
592 '-l', '--literal', default=False,
593 action='store_true', dest='usetitle',
594 help='[deprecated] alias of --title')
595 filesystem.add_option(
596 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
597 action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', default=False,
598 help='do not overwrite files')
599 filesystem.add_option(
600 '-c', '--continue',
601 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
602 help='force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.')
603 filesystem.add_option(
604 '--no-continue',
605 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
606 help='do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
607 filesystem.add_option(
608 '--no-part',
609 action='store_true', dest='nopart', default=False,
610 help='do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
611 filesystem.add_option(
612 '--no-mtime',
613 action='store_false', dest='updatetime', default=True,
614 help='do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
615 filesystem.add_option(
616 '--write-description',
617 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
618 help='write video description to a .description file')
619 filesystem.add_option(
620 '--write-info-json',
621 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
622 help='write video metadata to a .info.json file')
623 filesystem.add_option(
624 '--write-annotations',
625 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
626 help='write video annotations to a .annotation file')
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627 filesystem.add_option(
628 '--load-info',
629 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
630 help='json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)')
631 filesystem.add_option(
632 '--cookies',
633 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
634 help='file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
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635 filesystem.add_option(
636 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
637 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
638 filesystem.add_option(
639 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=False, dest='cachedir',
640 help='Disable filesystem caching')
641 filesystem.add_option(
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642 '--rm-cache-dir',
643 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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644 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
645
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646 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail images')
647 thumbnail.add_option(
648 '--write-thumbnail',
649 action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
650 help='write thumbnail image to disk')
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651 thumbnail.add_option(
652 '--write-all-thumbnails',
653 action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
654 help='write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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655 thumbnail.add_option(
656 '--list-thumbnails',
657 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
658 help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
659
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660 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
661 postproc.add_option(
662 '-x', '--extract-audio',
663 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
664 help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
665 postproc.add_option(
666 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
667 help='"best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default')
668 postproc.add_option(
669 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
670 dest='audioquality', default='5',
671 help='ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
672 postproc.add_option(
673 '--recode-video',
674 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
675 help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)')
676 postproc.add_option(
677 '-k', '--keep-video',
678 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
679 help='keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
680 postproc.add_option(
681 '--no-post-overwrites',
682 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
683 help='do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
684 postproc.add_option(
685 '--embed-subs',
686 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
687 help='embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos)')
688 postproc.add_option(
689 '--embed-thumbnail',
690 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
691 help='embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
692 postproc.add_option(
693 '--add-metadata',
694 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
695 help='write metadata to the video file')
696 postproc.add_option(
697 '--xattrs',
698 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
699 help='write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
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700 postproc.add_option(
701 '--fixup',
702 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default='detect_or_warn',
9fffd046 703 help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
6271f1ca 704 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
9fffd046 705 'detect_or_warn(the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
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706 postproc.add_option(
707 '--prefer-avconv',
708 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
34a741a8 709 help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)')
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710 postproc.add_option(
711 '--prefer-ffmpeg',
712 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
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713 help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors')
714 postproc.add_option(
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716 metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
5f6a1245 717 help='Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'')
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719 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 720 parser.add_option_group(network)
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721 parser.add_option_group(selection)
722 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
723 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 724 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
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725 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
726 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
727 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
728 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
729 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
730 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
731
732 if overrideArguments is not None:
733 opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
734 if opts.verbose:
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736 else:
737 commandLineConf = sys.argv[1:]
738 if '--ignore-config' in commandLineConf:
739 systemConf = []
740 userConf = []
741 else:
742 systemConf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
743 if '--ignore-config' in systemConf:
744 userConf = []
745 else:
746 userConf = _readUserConf()
747 argv = systemConf + userConf + commandLineConf
748
749 opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
750 if opts.verbose:
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751 write_string('[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(systemConf)) + '\n')
752 write_string('[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(userConf)) + '\n')
753 write_string('[debug] Command-line args: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(commandLineConf)) + '\n')
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755 return parser, opts, args