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1from __future__ import unicode_literals
2
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3import os.path
4import optparse
3aa9a735 5import re
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6import sys
7
8c25f81b 8from .compat import (
4644ac55 9 compat_expanduser,
003c69a8 10 compat_get_terminal_size,
4644ac55 11 compat_getenv,
c7b0add8 12 compat_kwargs,
cab792ab 13 compat_shlex_split,
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14)
15from .utils import (
0202b52a 16 expand_path,
f74980cb 17 get_executable_path,
de6000d9 18 OUTTMPL_TYPES,
ff556f5c 19 preferredencoding,
3ae5e797 20 remove_end,
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21 write_string,
22)
982ee69a 23from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS
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24from .version import __version__
25
81a23040 26from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
ad3dc496 27from .postprocessor import (
81a23040 28 FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
29 FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP,
30 FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP,
31 FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP,
7a340e0d 32 SponsorBlockPP,
81a23040 33)
7a340e0d 34from .postprocessor.modify_chapters import DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE
81a23040 35
34a741a8 36
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37def _hide_login_info(opts):
38 PRIVATE_OPTS = set(['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password', '--ap-password', '--ap-username'])
39 eqre = re.compile('^(?P<key>' + ('|'.join(re.escape(po) for po in PRIVATE_OPTS)) + ')=.+$')
40
41 def _scrub_eq(o):
42 m = eqre.match(o)
43 if m:
44 return m.group('key') + '=PRIVATE'
45 else:
46 return o
47
48 opts = list(map(_scrub_eq, opts))
49 for idx, opt in enumerate(opts):
50 if opt in PRIVATE_OPTS and idx + 1 < len(opts):
51 opts[idx + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
52 return opts
53
54
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55def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
56 def _readOptions(filename_bytes, default=[]):
57 try:
58 optionf = open(filename_bytes)
59 except IOError:
60 return default # silently skip if file is not present
61 try:
067aa17e 62 # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
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63 contents = optionf.read()
64 if sys.version_info < (3,):
65 contents = contents.decode(preferredencoding())
66 res = compat_shlex_split(contents, comments=True)
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67 finally:
68 optionf.close()
69 return res
70
e2e43aea 71 def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
72 # .config
73 xdg_config_home = compat_getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
74 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
75 if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
76 userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
77 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
78 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 79 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 80
e2e43aea 81 # appdata
82 appdata_dir = compat_getenv('appdata')
83 if appdata_dir:
84 userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
85 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
86 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 87 userConfFile += '.txt'
88 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 89 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 90 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 91
e2e43aea 92 # home
93 userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
94 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
34a741a8 95 if userConf is None:
0202b52a 96 userConfFile += '.txt'
97 userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, default=None)
e2e43aea 98 if userConf is not None:
0202b52a 99 return userConf, userConfFile
34a741a8 100
0202b52a 101 return default, None
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102
103 def _format_option_string(option):
104 ''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
105
106 opts = []
107
108 if option._short_opts:
109 opts.append(option._short_opts[0])
110 if option._long_opts:
111 opts.append(option._long_opts[0])
112 if len(opts) > 1:
113 opts.insert(1, ', ')
114
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115 if option.takes_value():
116 opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
34a741a8 117
611c1dd9 118 return ''.join(opts)
34a741a8 119
d21bba78 120 def _list_from_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, append=True, delim=',', process=str.strip):
e632bce2 121 # append can be True, False or -1 (prepend)
122 current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest) if append else []
1f8471e2 123 value = list(filter(None, [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))))
d818eb74 124 setattr(
125 parser.values, option.dest,
e632bce2 126 current + value if append is True else value + current)
34a741a8 127
31654882 128 def _set_from_options_callback(
d21bba78 129 option, opt_str, value, parser, delim=',', allowed_values=None, aliases={},
130 process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
31654882 131 current = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
d21bba78 132 values = [process(value)] if delim is None else list(map(process, value.split(delim)[::-1]))
31654882 133 while values:
134 actual_val = val = values.pop()
135 if val == 'all':
136 current.update(allowed_values)
137 elif val == '-all':
138 current = set()
139 elif val in aliases:
140 values.extend(aliases[val])
141 else:
142 if val[0] == '-':
143 val = val[1:]
144 current.discard(val)
145 else:
146 current.update([val])
147 if allowed_values is not None and val not in allowed_values:
148 raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
149
150 setattr(parser.values, option.dest, current)
151
e632bce2 152 def _dict_from_options_callback(
d818eb74 153 option, opt_str, value, parser,
154 allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True):
45016689 155
156 out_dict = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
d818eb74 157 if multiple_keys:
158 allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
159 mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
45016689 160 if mobj is not None:
d818eb74 161 keys = [k.strip() for k in mobj.group('keys').lower().split(',')]
162 val = mobj.group('val')
45016689 163 elif default_key is not None:
d818eb74 164 keys, val = [default_key], value
45016689 165 else:
166 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
167 'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
4bb6b02f 168 try:
169 val = process(val) if process else val
170 except Exception as err:
171 raise optparse.OptionValueError(
172 'wrong %s formatting; %s' % (opt_str, err))
d818eb74 173 for key in keys:
174 out_dict[key] = val
45016689 175
34a741a8 176 # No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
003c69a8 177 columns = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
8450c15c 178 max_width = columns if columns else 80
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179 # 47% is chosen because that is how README.md is currently formatted
180 # and moving help text even further to the right is undesirable.
181 # This can be reduced in the future to get a prettier output
182 max_help_position = int(0.47 * max_width)
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183
184 fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
185 fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
186
187 kw = {
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188 'version': __version__,
189 'formatter': fmt,
a42419da 190 'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
8450c15c 191 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
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192 }
193
c7b0add8 194 parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
34a741a8 195
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196 general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
197 general.add_option(
198 '-h', '--help',
199 action='help',
17941321 200 help='Print this help text and exit')
8450c15c 201 general.add_option(
b76f0e58 202 '--version',
8450c15c 203 action='version',
17941321 204 help='Print program version and exit')
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205 general.add_option(
206 '-U', '--update',
207 action='store_true', dest='update_self',
8d801631 208 help='Update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
8450c15c 209 general.add_option(
b1940459 210 '-i', '--ignore-errors',
211 action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
212 help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successfull even if the postprocessing fails')
213 general.add_option(
214 '--no-abort-on-error',
215 action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
216 help='Continue with next video on download errors; e.g. to skip unavailable videos in a playlist (default)')
8450c15c 217 general.add_option(
6623ac34 218 '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
8450c15c 219 action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
8a51f564 220 help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (Alias: --no-ignore-errors)')
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221 general.add_option(
222 '--dump-user-agent',
223 action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
34488702 224 help='Display the current user-agent and exit')
34a741a8 225 general.add_option(
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226 '--list-extractors',
227 action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
b7b04c78 228 help='List all supported extractors and exit')
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229 general.add_option(
230 '--extractor-descriptions',
231 action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
b7b04c78 232 help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
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233 general.add_option(
234 '--force-generic-extractor',
235 action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
236 help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
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237 general.add_option(
238 '--default-search',
239 dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
9ee4f0bb 240 help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp 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')
34a741a8 241 general.add_option(
6623ac34 242 '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
7303f84a 243 action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
6623ac34 244 help=(
298f597b 245 'Disable loading any configuration files except the one provided by --config-location. '
246 'When given inside a configuration file, no further configuration files are loaded. '
247 'Additionally, (for backward compatibility) if this option is found inside the '
8a51f564 248 'system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded'))
e66dca5e 249 general.add_option(
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250 '--config-location',
251 dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
0202b52a 252 help='Location of the main configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory')
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253 general.add_option(
254 '--flat-playlist',
6623ac34 255 action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
8a51f564 256 help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them')
6623ac34 257 general.add_option(
258 '--no-flat-playlist',
259 action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
260 help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
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261 general.add_option(
262 '--mark-watched',
263 action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
e6f21b3d 264 help='Mark videos watched (even with --simulate). Currently only supported for YouTube')
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265 general.add_option(
266 '--no-mark-watched',
597c1866 267 action='store_false', dest='mark_watched',
268 help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
7e5db8c9 269 general.add_option(
8a51f564 270 '--no-colors',
597c1866 271 action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
17941321 272 help='Do not emit color codes in output')
53ed7066 273 general.add_option(
274 '--compat-options',
31654882 275 metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',
276 action='callback', callback=_set_from_options_callback,
277 callback_kwargs={
278 'allowed_values': {
279 'filename', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
280 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
281 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json',
282 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs',
d21bba78 283 }, 'aliases': {
31654882 284 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
285 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
286 }
287 }, help=(
288 'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
53ed7066 289 'configurations by reverting some of the changes made in yt-dlp. '
290 'See "Differences in default behavior" for details'))
34a741a8 291
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292 network = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Network Options')
293 network.add_option(
294 '--proxy', dest='proxy',
295 default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 296 help=(
297 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
298 'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
299 'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
300 'for direct connection'))
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301 network.add_option(
302 '--socket-timeout',
303 dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
304 help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
305 network.add_option(
306 '--source-address',
307 metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
24ee6b97 308 help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
be4a824d 309 )
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310 network.add_option(
311 '-4', '--force-ipv4',
312 action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 313 help='Make all connections via IPv4',
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314 )
315 network.add_option(
316 '-6', '--force-ipv6',
317 action='store_const', const='::', dest='source_address',
24ee6b97 318 help='Make all connections via IPv6',
500b8b41 319 )
0aa10994 320
b31fdeed 321 geo = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Geo-restriction')
0aa10994 322 geo.add_option(
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323 '--geo-verification-proxy',
324 dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
6623ac34 325 help=(
326 'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
8a51f564 327 'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading'))
0aa10994 328 geo.add_option(
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329 '--cn-verification-proxy',
330 dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
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331 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
332 geo.add_option(
333 '--geo-bypass',
334 action='store_true', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 335 help='Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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336 geo.add_option(
337 '--no-geo-bypass',
338 action='store_false', dest='geo_bypass', default=True,
504f20dd 339 help='Do not bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For HTTP header')
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340 geo.add_option(
341 '--geo-bypass-country', metavar='CODE',
342 dest='geo_bypass_country', default=None,
504f20dd 343 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code')
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344 geo.add_option(
345 '--geo-bypass-ip-block', metavar='IP_BLOCK',
346 dest='geo_bypass_ip_block', default=None,
504f20dd 347 help='Force bypass geographic restriction with explicitly provided IP block in CIDR notation')
be4a824d 348
8450c15c 349 selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
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350 selection.add_option(
351 '--playlist-start',
352 dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
17941321 353 help='Playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
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354 selection.add_option(
355 '--playlist-end',
356 dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
17941321 357 help='Playlist video to end at (default is last)')
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358 selection.add_option(
359 '--playlist-items',
360 dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
8a51f564 361 help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated 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 362 selection.add_option(
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363 '--match-title',
364 dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 365 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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366 selection.add_option(
367 '--reject-title',
368 dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
8f18aca8 369 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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370 selection.add_option(
371 '--max-downloads',
372 dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
373 help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
374 selection.add_option(
375 '--min-filesize',
376 metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
377 help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
378 selection.add_option(
379 '--max-filesize',
380 metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
381 help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
382 selection.add_option(
383 '--date',
384 metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
c76eb41b 385 help=(
8a51f564 386 'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
387 'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
c76eb41b 388 '"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
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389 selection.add_option(
390 '--datebefore',
391 metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
c76eb41b 392 help=(
393 'Download only videos uploaded on or before this date. '
394 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 395 selection.add_option(
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396 '--dateafter',
397 metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
c76eb41b 398 help=(
399 'Download only videos uploaded on or after this date. '
400 'The date formats accepted is the same as --date'))
34a741a8 401 selection.add_option(
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402 '--min-views',
403 metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 404 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 405 selection.add_option(
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406 '--max-views',
407 metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
8f18aca8 408 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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409 selection.add_option(
410 '--match-filter',
411 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
412 help=(
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413 'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
414 'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
415 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
a047eeb6 416 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
417 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
418 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
419 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
2e7781a9 420 '"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
a047eeb6 421 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
422 '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
423 'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
6623ac34 424 selection.add_option(
425 '--no-match-filter',
426 metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
427 help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
34a741a8 428 selection.add_option(
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429 '--no-playlist',
430 action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
8a51f564 431 help='Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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432 selection.add_option(
433 '--yes-playlist',
f0884c8b 434 action='store_false', dest='noplaylist',
8a51f564 435 help='Download the playlist, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist')
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436 selection.add_option(
437 '--age-limit',
438 metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
17941321 439 help='Download only videos suitable for the given age')
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440 selection.add_option(
441 '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
442 dest='download_archive',
8a51f564 443 help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it')
ea6e0c2b 444 selection.add_option(
445 '--break-on-existing',
446 action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
8a51f564 447 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
8b0d7497 448 selection.add_option(
449 '--break-on-reject',
450 action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
8a51f564 451 help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that has been filtered out')
26e2805c 452 selection.add_option(
453 '--skip-playlist-after-errors', metavar='N',
454 dest='skip_playlist_after_errors', default=None, type=int,
455 help='Number of allowed failures until the rest of the playlist is skipped')
6623ac34 456 selection.add_option(
457 '--no-download-archive',
458 dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
459 help='Do not use archive file (default)')
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460 selection.add_option(
461 '--include-ads',
462 dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
d9aa2332 463 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 464 selection.add_option(
465 '--no-include-ads',
466 dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
d9aa2332 467 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
34a741a8 468
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469 authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
470 authentication.add_option(
471 '-u', '--username',
472 dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
17941321 473 help='Login with this account ID')
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474 authentication.add_option(
475 '-p', '--password',
476 dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 477 help='Account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
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478 authentication.add_option(
479 '-2', '--twofactor',
480 dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
3540fe26 481 help='Two-factor authentication code')
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482 authentication.add_option(
483 '-n', '--netrc',
484 action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
17941321 485 help='Use .netrc authentication data')
0001fcb5 486 authentication.add_option(
487 '--netrc-location',
488 dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
489 help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
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491 '--video-password',
492 dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
29f7c58a 493 help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
b31fdeed 494 authentication.add_option(
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496 dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
537f7533 497 help='Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for a list of available MSOs')
b31fdeed 498 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 499 '--ap-username',
797c636b 500 dest='ap_username', metavar='USERNAME',
537f7533 501 help='Multiple-system operator account login')
b31fdeed 502 authentication.add_option(
1b6712ab 503 '--ap-password',
797c636b 504 dest='ap_password', metavar='PASSWORD',
7a5c1cfe 505 help='Multiple-system operator account password. If this option is left out, yt-dlp will ask interactively')
b31fdeed 506 authentication.add_option(
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508 action='store_true', dest='ap_list_mso', default=False,
537f7533 509 help='List all supported multiple-system operators')
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511 video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
512 video_format.add_option(
513 '-f', '--format',
514 action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
eb8a4433 515 help='Video format code, see "FORMAT SELECTION" for more details')
516 video_format.add_option(
c76eb41b 517 '-S', '--format-sort', metavar='SORTORDER',
e632bce2 518 dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
519 callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
eb8a4433 520 help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
521 video_format.add_option(
522 '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
523 action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
524 help=(
525 'Force user specified sort order to have precedence over all fields, '
526 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
527 video_format.add_option(
528 '--no-format-sort-force',
529 action='store_false', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,
530 help=(
531 'Some fields have precedence over the user specified sort order (default), '
532 'see "Sorting Formats" for more details'))
909d24dd 533 video_format.add_option(
534 '--video-multistreams',
53ed7066 535 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 536 help='Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 537 video_format.add_option(
538 '--no-video-multistreams',
539 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_video_streams',
91ebc640 540 help='Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
909d24dd 541 video_format.add_option(
542 '--audio-multistreams',
53ed7066 543 action='store_true', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams', default=None,
91ebc640 544 help='Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file')
909d24dd 545 video_format.add_option(
546 '--no-audio-multistreams',
547 action='store_false', dest='allow_multiple_audio_streams',
91ebc640 548 help='Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file (default)')
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549 video_format.add_option(
550 '--all-formats',
551 action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
d9aa2332 552 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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553 video_format.add_option(
554 '--prefer-free-formats',
555 action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 556 help=(
557 'Prefer video formats with free containers over non-free ones of same quality. '
558 'Use with "-S ext" to strictly prefer free containers irrespective of quality'))
559 video_format.add_option(
560 '--no-prefer-free-formats',
1c36c1f3 561 action='store_false', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
da9be05e 562 help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
e8e73840 563 video_format.add_option(
564 '--check-formats',
0ba692ac 565 action='store_true', dest='check_formats', default=None,
566 help='Check that the formats selected are actually downloadable')
567 video_format.add_option(
568 '--no-check-formats',
569 action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
570 help='Do not check that the formats selected are actually downloadable')
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571 video_format.add_option(
572 '-F', '--list-formats',
573 action='store_true', dest='listformats',
b7b04c78 574 help='List available formats of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
76d321f6 575 video_format.add_option(
576 '--list-formats-as-table',
91ebc640 577 action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=True,
53ed7066 578 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
76d321f6 579 video_format.add_option(
6623ac34 580 '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
76d321f6 581 action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
53ed7066 582 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
d120e901 583 video_format.add_option(
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585 action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
d120e901 586 help=(
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588 'output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. '
d120e901 589 'Ignored if no merge is required'))
63ad4d43 590 video_format.add_option(
591 '--allow-unplayable-formats',
592 action='store_true', dest='allow_unplayable_formats', default=False,
88acdbc2 593 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
63ad4d43 594 video_format.add_option(
595 '--no-allow-unplayable-formats',
596 action='store_false', dest='allow_unplayable_formats',
88acdbc2 597 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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599 subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
600 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 601 '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
8450c15c 602 action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
17941321 603 help='Write subtitle file')
8450c15c 604 subtitles.add_option(
6623ac34 605 '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
606 action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
607 help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
608 subtitles.add_option(
609 '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
8450c15c 610 action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 611 help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (Alias: --write-automatic-subs)')
6623ac34 612 subtitles.add_option(
613 '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
614 action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
e167860c 615 help='Do not write auto-generated subtitles (default) (Alias: --no-write-automatic-subs)')
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616 subtitles.add_option(
617 '--all-subs',
618 action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
c32b0aab 619 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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620 subtitles.add_option(
621 '--list-subs',
622 action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
b7b04c78 623 help='List available subtitles of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
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624 subtitles.add_option(
625 '--sub-format',
a504ced0 626 action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
4a3cdf81 627 help='Subtitle format, accepts formats preference, for example: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
8450c15c 628 subtitles.add_option(
e167860c 629 '--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
8450c15c 630 action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
e632bce2 631 default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
c32b0aab 632 help=(
633 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs en.*,ja) '
634 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
635 'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
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637 downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
4cf1e5d2 638 downloader.add_option(
639 '-N', '--concurrent-fragments',
640 dest='concurrent_fragment_downloads', metavar='N', default=1, type=int,
b31fdeed 641 help='Number of fragments of a dash/hlsnative video that should be download concurrently (default is %default)')
8450c15c 642 downloader.add_option(
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644 dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
17941321 645 help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
51d9739f 646 downloader.add_option(
647 '--throttled-rate',
648 dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
649 help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
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650 downloader.add_option(
651 '-R', '--retries',
652 dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
8a51f564 653 help='Number of retries (default is %default), or "infinite"')
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655 '--fragment-retries',
656 dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
12ee65ea 657 help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
9603b660 658 downloader.add_option(
c76eb41b 659 '--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
9603b660 660 action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
8a51f564 661 help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default) (Alias: --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)')
732fb3f8 662 downloader.add_option(
6623ac34 663 '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
9603b660 664 action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
8a51f564 665 help='Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable (Alias: --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)')
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667 '--keep-fragments',
668 action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
6623ac34 669 help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
670 downloader.add_option(
671 '--no-keep-fragments',
672 action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
673 help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
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674 downloader.add_option(
675 '--buffer-size',
676 dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
17941321 677 help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
6623ac34 678 downloader.add_option(
679 '--resize-buffer',
680 action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
681 help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
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682 downloader.add_option(
683 '--no-resize-buffer',
684 action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
6623ac34 685 help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
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687 '--http-chunk-size',
688 dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
6623ac34 689 help=(
690 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
691 'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
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692 downloader.add_option(
693 '--test',
694 action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
695 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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697 '--playlist-reverse',
698 action='store_true',
699 help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
6623ac34 700 downloader.add_option(
701 '--no-playlist-reverse',
c76eb41b 702 action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse',
6623ac34 703 help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
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704 downloader.add_option(
705 '--playlist-random',
706 action='store_true',
707 help='Download playlist videos in random order')
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708 downloader.add_option(
709 '--xattr-set-filesize',
710 dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
504f20dd 711 help='Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected file size')
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712 downloader.add_option(
713 '--hls-prefer-native',
bf09af3a 714 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true', default=None,
52a8a1e1 715 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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717 '--hls-prefer-ffmpeg',
718 dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_false', default=None,
52a8a1e1 719 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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721 '--hls-use-mpegts',
9bd20204 722 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true', default=None,
6623ac34 723 help=(
9bd20204 724 'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos; '
725 'allowing some players to play the video while downloading, '
726 'and reducing the chance of file corruption if download is interrupted. '
727 'This is enabled by default for live streams'))
728 downloader.add_option(
729 '--no-hls-use-mpegts',
730 dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_false',
731 help=(
732 'Do not use the mpegts container for HLS videos. '
733 'This is default when not downloading live streams'))
222516d9 734 downloader.add_option(
52a8a1e1 735 '--downloader', '--external-downloader',
736 dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 737 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
52a8a1e1 738 callback_kwargs={
739 'allowed_keys': 'http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms',
cc0ec3e1 740 'default_key': 'default',
dbf5416a 741 'process': str.strip
742 }, help=(
52a8a1e1 743 'Name or path of the external downloader to use (optionally) prefixed by '
744 'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
745 'Currently supports native, %s (Recommended: aria2c). '
746 'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
747 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
748 'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
749 '(Alias: --external-downloader)' % ', '.join(list_external_downloaders())))
c75f0b36 750 downloader.add_option(
46ee996e 751 '--downloader-args', '--external-downloader-args',
752 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='external_downloader_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 753 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
b8f6bbe6 754 callback_kwargs={
330690a2 755 'allowed_keys': r'ffmpeg_[io]\d*|%s' % '|'.join(list_external_downloaders()),
cc0ec3e1 756 'default_key': 'default',
757 'process': compat_shlex_split
dbf5416a 758 }, help=(
46ee996e 759 'Give these arguments to the external downloader. '
760 'Specify the downloader name and the arguments separated by a colon ":". '
330690a2 761 'For ffmpeg, arguments can be passed to different positions using the same syntax as --postprocessor-args. '
5d3a0e79 762 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different downloaders '
763 '(Alias: --external-downloader-args)'))
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765 workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
34a741a8 766 workarounds.add_option(
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768 dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
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770 workarounds.add_option(
e6f21b3d 771 '--no-check-certificates',
8450c15c 772 action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
17941321 773 help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
34a741a8 774 workarounds.add_option(
6623ac34 775 '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
776 action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
e167860c 777 help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
34a741a8 778 workarounds.add_option(
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780 metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
17941321 781 help='Specify a custom user agent')
34a741a8 782 workarounds.add_option(
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784 metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
17941321 785 help='Specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
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787 workarounds.add_option(
8450c15c 788 '--add-header',
45016689 789 metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 790 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 791 callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
45016689 792 help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
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794 workarounds.add_option(
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796 dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
797 help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
1cf376f5 798 workarounds.add_option(
799 '--sleep-requests', metavar='SECONDS',
800 dest='sleep_interval_requests', type=float,
801 help='Number of seconds to sleep between requests during data extraction')
5f0d813d 802 workarounds.add_option(
065bc354 803 '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
649f7966 804 dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
7aa589a5 805 help=(
e167860c 806 'Number of seconds to sleep before each download. '
807 'This is the minimum time to sleep when used along with --max-sleep-interval '
808 '(Alias: --min-sleep-interval)'))
065bc354 809 workarounds.add_option(
810 '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
811 dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
e167860c 812 help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
0c9df79e 813 workarounds.add_option(
c76eb41b 814 '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
31108ce9 815 dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
1cf376f5 816 help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
34a741a8 817
0744a815 818 verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
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820 '-q', '--quiet',
821 action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
34488702 822 help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
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824 '--no-warnings',
825 dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
826 help='Ignore warnings')
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828 '-s', '--simulate',
b7b04c78 829 action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=None,
17941321 830 help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
b7b04c78 831 verbosity.add_option(
832 '--no-simulate',
833 action='store_false', dest='simulate',
834 help='Download the video even if printing/listing options are used')
b7da73eb 835 verbosity.add_option(
836 '--ignore-no-formats-error',
837 action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
838 help=(
839 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull for extracting metadata '
34488702 840 'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
b7da73eb 841 verbosity.add_option(
842 '--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
843 action='store_false', dest='ignore_no_formats_error',
844 help='Throw error when no downloadable video formats are found (default)')
8450c15c 845 verbosity.add_option(
6623ac34 846 '--skip-download', '--no-download',
8450c15c 847 action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
e167860c 848 help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
53c18592 849 verbosity.add_option(
ad3dc496 850 '-O', '--print',
851 metavar='TEMPLATE', action='append', dest='forceprint',
53c18592 852 help=(
b7b04c78 853 'Quiet, but print the given fields for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
854 'Either a field name or same syntax as the output template can be used'))
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855 verbosity.add_option(
856 '-g', '--get-url',
857 action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
53c18592 858 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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859 verbosity.add_option(
860 '-e', '--get-title',
861 action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
53c18592 862 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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863 verbosity.add_option(
864 '--get-id',
865 action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
53c18592 866 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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867 verbosity.add_option(
868 '--get-thumbnail',
869 action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
53c18592 870 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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871 verbosity.add_option(
872 '--get-description',
873 action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
53c18592 874 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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875 verbosity.add_option(
876 '--get-duration',
877 action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
53c18592 878 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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879 verbosity.add_option(
880 '--get-filename',
881 action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
53c18592 882 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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883 verbosity.add_option(
884 '--get-format',
885 action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
53c18592 886 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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887 verbosity.add_option(
888 '-j', '--dump-json',
889 action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
b7b04c78 890 help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
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891 verbosity.add_option(
892 '-J', '--dump-single-json',
893 action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
6623ac34 894 help=(
b7b04c78 895 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each url or infojson passed. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
896 'If the URL refers to a playlist, the whole playlist information is dumped in a single line'))
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897 verbosity.add_option(
898 '--print-json',
899 action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
b7b04c78 900 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
2d30509f 901 verbosity.add_option(
c76eb41b 902 '--force-write-archive', '--force-write-download-archive', '--force-download-archive',
2d30509f 903 action='store_true', dest='force_write_download_archive', default=False,
904 help=(
e58c22a0 905 'Force download archive entries to be written as far as no errors occur, '
906 'even if -s or another simulation option is used (Alias: --force-download-archive)'))
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907 verbosity.add_option(
908 '--newline',
909 action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
17941321 910 help='Output progress bar as new lines')
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911 verbosity.add_option(
912 '--no-progress',
913 action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False,
17941321 914 help='Do not print progress bar')
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915 verbosity.add_option(
916 '--console-title',
917 action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
17941321 918 help='Display progress in console titlebar')
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919 verbosity.add_option(
920 '-v', '--verbose',
921 action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
17941321 922 help='Print various debugging information')
8450c15c 923 verbosity.add_option(
8bba753c 924 '--dump-pages', '--dump-intermediate-pages',
8450c15c 925 action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
79979c68 926 help='Print downloaded pages encoded using base64 to debug problems (very verbose)')
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927 verbosity.add_option(
928 '--write-pages',
929 action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
930 help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
931 verbosity.add_option(
932 '--youtube-print-sig-code',
933 action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
934 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
935 verbosity.add_option(
2f543a21 936 '--print-traffic', '--dump-headers',
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937 dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
938 help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
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939 verbosity.add_option(
940 '-C', '--call-home',
941 dest='call_home', action='store_true', default=False,
7a5c1cfe 942 # help='[Broken] Contact the yt-dlp server for debugging')
8d801631 943 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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944 verbosity.add_option(
945 '--no-call-home',
6623ac34 946 dest='call_home', action='store_false',
7a5c1cfe 947 # help='Do not contact the yt-dlp server for debugging (default)')
8d801631 948 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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950 filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
951 filesystem.add_option(
952 '-a', '--batch-file',
953 dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
5d60b997 954 help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
8a51f564 955 "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
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957 '--id', default=False,
6623ac34 958 action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
0202b52a 959 filesystem.add_option(
960 '-P', '--paths',
d74a58a1 961 metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 962 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d74a58a1 963 callback_kwargs={
964 'allowed_keys': 'home|temp|%s' % '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
965 'default_key': 'home'
966 }, help=(
0202b52a 967 'The paths where the files should be downloaded. '
de6000d9 968 'Specify the type of file and the path separated by a colon ":". '
969 'All the same types as --output are supported. '
d74a58a1 970 'Additionally, you can also provide "home" (default) and "temp" paths. '
0202b52a 971 'All intermediary files are first downloaded to the temp path and '
972 'then the final files are moved over to the home path after download is finished. '
de6000d9 973 'This option is ignored if --output is an absolute path'))
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974 filesystem.add_option(
975 '-o', '--output',
d818eb74 976 metavar='[TYPES:]TEMPLATE', dest='outtmpl', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 977 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
de6000d9 978 callback_kwargs={
979 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(OUTTMPL_TYPES.keys()),
cc0ec3e1 980 'default_key': 'default'
dbf5416a 981 }, help='Output filename template; see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
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982 filesystem.add_option(
983 '--output-na-placeholder',
0bc0a322 984 dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
985 help=('Placeholder value for unavailable meta fields in output filename template (default: "%default")'))
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986 filesystem.add_option(
987 '--autonumber-size',
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989 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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991 '--autonumber-start',
1a241a2d 992 dest='autonumber_start', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
a439a3a4 993 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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994 filesystem.add_option(
995 '--restrict-filenames',
996 action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
997 help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
6623ac34 998 filesystem.add_option(
999 '--no-restrict-filenames',
c2934512 1000 action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames',
6623ac34 1001 help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
c2934512 1002 filesystem.add_option(
1003 '--windows-filenames',
1004 action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
1005 help='Force filenames to be windows compatible')
1006 filesystem.add_option(
1007 '--no-windows-filenames',
1008 action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
1009 help='Make filenames windows compatible only if using windows (default)')
1010 filesystem.add_option(
1011 '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
1012 dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
1013 help='Limit the filename length (excluding extension) to the specified number of characters')
2865cf04 1014 filesystem.add_option(
486fb179 1015 '--auto-number',
2865cf04 1016 action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
be5df5ee 1017 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1018 filesystem.add_option(
486fb179 1019 '--title',
8450c15c 1020 action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
be5df5ee 1021 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1022 filesystem.add_option(
486fb179 1023 '--literal', default=False,
8450c15c 1024 action='store_true', dest='usetitle',
be5df5ee 1025 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1026 filesystem.add_option(
1027 '-w', '--no-overwrites',
0c3d0f51 1028 action='store_false', dest='overwrites', default=None,
1029 help='Do not overwrite any files')
1030 filesystem.add_option(
1031 '--force-overwrites', '--yes-overwrites',
1032 action='store_true', dest='overwrites',
1033 help='Overwrite all video and metadata files. This option includes --no-continue')
1034 filesystem.add_option(
1035 '--no-force-overwrites',
1036 action='store_const', dest='overwrites', const=None,
1037 help='Do not overwrite the video, but overwrite related files (default)')
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1038 filesystem.add_option(
1039 '-c', '--continue',
1040 action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
c25228e5 1041 help='Resume partially downloaded files/fragments (default)')
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1042 filesystem.add_option(
1043 '--no-continue',
1044 action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
c25228e5 1045 help=(
1046 'Do not resume partially downloaded fragments. '
e58c22a0 1047 'If the file is not fragmented, restart download of the entire file'))
6623ac34 1048 filesystem.add_option(
1049 '--part',
1050 action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
1051 help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
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1052 filesystem.add_option(
1053 '--no-part',
6623ac34 1054 action='store_true', dest='nopart',
17941321 1055 help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
6623ac34 1056 filesystem.add_option(
1057 '--mtime',
1058 action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
1059 help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
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1060 filesystem.add_option(
1061 '--no-mtime',
6623ac34 1062 action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
17941321 1063 help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
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1064 filesystem.add_option(
1065 '--write-description',
1066 action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
17941321 1067 help='Write video description to a .description file')
6623ac34 1068 filesystem.add_option(
1069 '--no-write-description',
1070 action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
1071 help='Do not write video description (default)')
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1072 filesystem.add_option(
1073 '--write-info-json',
1074 action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
c25228e5 1075 help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file (this may contain personal information)')
6623ac34 1076 filesystem.add_option(
1077 '--no-write-info-json',
1078 action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
1079 help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
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1080 filesystem.add_option(
1081 '--write-annotations',
1082 action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
0bb1bc1b 1083 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
6623ac34 1084 filesystem.add_option(
1085 '--no-write-annotations',
1086 action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
0bb1bc1b 1087 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
cac96421 1088 filesystem.add_option(
1089 '--write-playlist-metafiles',
53ed7066 1090 action='store_true', dest='allow_playlist_files', default=None,
cac96421 1091 help=(
1092 'Write playlist metadata in addition to the video metadata '
1093 'when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc. (default)'))
1094 filesystem.add_option(
1095 '--no-write-playlist-metafiles',
1096 action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
e167860c 1097 help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
75d43ca0 1098 filesystem.add_option(
1099 '--clean-infojson',
e4f02757 1100 action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
75d43ca0 1101 help=(
1102 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
1103 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
1104 filesystem.add_option(
1105 '--no-clean-infojson',
1106 action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
1107 help='Write all fields to the infojson')
06167fbb 1108 filesystem.add_option(
2305e2e5 1109 '--write-comments', '--get-comments',
06167fbb 1110 action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,
277d6ff5 1111 help=(
2305e2e5 1112 'Retrieve video comments to be placed in the infojson. '
1113 'The comments are fetched even without this option if the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --get-comments)'))
1114 filesystem.add_option(
1115 '--no-write-comments', '--no-get-comments',
dd594deb 1116 action='store_false', dest='getcomments',
2305e2e5 1117 help='Do not retrieve video comments unless the extraction is known to be quick (Alias: --no-get-comments)')
8450c15c 1118 filesystem.add_option(
244fe977 1119 '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
8450c15c 1120 dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
1a48181a 1121 help='JSON file containing the video information (created with the "--write-info-json" option)')
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1122 filesystem.add_option(
1123 '--cookies',
1124 dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
17941321 1125 help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
6623ac34 1126 filesystem.add_option(
1127 '--no-cookies',
1128 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
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1130 filesystem.add_option(
1131 '--cookies-from-browser',
1132 dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[:PROFILE]',
1133 help=(
1134 'Load cookies from a user profile of the given web browser. '
1135 'Currently supported browsers are: {}. '
1136 'You can specify the user profile name or directory using '
1137 '"BROWSER:PROFILE_NAME" or "BROWSER:PROFILE_PATH". '
1138 'If no profile is given, the most recently accessed one is used'.format(
ca46b941 1139 ', '.join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS)))))
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1140 filesystem.add_option(
1141 '--no-cookies-from-browser',
1142 action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiesfrombrowser',
1143 help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
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1144 filesystem.add_option(
1145 '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
9ee4f0bb 1146 help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information (such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
34a741a8 1147 filesystem.add_option(
6623ac34 1148 '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
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1149 help='Disable filesystem caching')
1150 filesystem.add_option(
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1151 '--rm-cache-dir',
1152 action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
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1153 help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
1154
b31fdeed 1155 thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Options')
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1156 thumbnail.add_option(
1157 '--write-thumbnail',
1158 action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
17941321 1159 help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
6623ac34 1160 thumbnail.add_option(
1161 '--no-write-thumbnail',
1162 action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
1163 help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
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1164 thumbnail.add_option(
1165 '--write-all-thumbnails',
1166 action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
17941321 1167 help='Write all thumbnail image formats to disk')
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1168 thumbnail.add_option(
1169 '--list-thumbnails',
1170 action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
b7b04c78 1171 help='List available thumbnails of each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used')
cfb56d1a 1172
732044af 1173 link = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Internet Shortcut Options')
1174 link.add_option(
1175 '--write-link',
1176 action='store_true', dest='writelink', default=False,
8a51f564 1177 help='Write an internet shortcut file, depending on the current platform (.url, .webloc or .desktop). The URL may be cached by the OS')
732044af 1178 link.add_option(
1179 '--write-url-link',
1180 action='store_true', dest='writeurllink', default=False,
8a51f564 1181 help='Write a .url Windows internet shortcut. The OS caches the URL based on the file path')
732044af 1182 link.add_option(
1183 '--write-webloc-link',
1184 action='store_true', dest='writewebloclink', default=False,
8a51f564 1185 help='Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut')
732044af 1186 link.add_option(
1187 '--write-desktop-link',
1188 action='store_true', dest='writedesktoplink', default=False,
8a51f564 1189 help='Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut')
732044af 1190
1191 postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-Processing Options')
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1192 postproc.add_option(
1193 '-x', '--extract-audio',
1194 action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
e4172ac9 1195 help='Convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
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1196 postproc.add_option(
1197 '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
81a23040 1198 help=(
1199 'Specify audio format to convert the audio to when -x is used. Currently supported formats are: '
1200 'best (default) or one of %s' % '|'.join(FFmpegExtractAudioPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1201 postproc.add_option(
1202 '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
1203 dest='audioquality', default='5',
e4172ac9 1204 help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
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1205 postproc.add_option(
1206 '--remux-video',
1207 metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
6623ac34 1208 help=(
17912249 1209 'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: %s). '
06167fbb 1210 'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. '
81a23040 1211 'You can specify multiple rules; Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 '
1212 'and anything else to mkv.' % '|'.join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
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1213 postproc.add_option(
1214 '--recode-video',
1215 metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
17912249 1216 help=(
1217 'Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary. '
81a23040 1218 'The syntax and supported formats are the same as --remux-video'))
d84f1d14 1219 postproc.add_option(
45016689 1220 '--postprocessor-args', '--ppa',
1221 metavar='NAME:ARGS', dest='postprocessor_args', default={}, type='str',
e632bce2 1222 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
d818eb74 1223 callback_kwargs={
1224 'allowed_keys': r'\w+(?:\+\w+)?', 'default_key': 'default-compat',
cc0ec3e1 1225 'process': compat_shlex_split,
1226 'multiple_keys': False
dbf5416a 1227 }, help=(
1b77b347 1228 'Give these arguments to the postprocessors. '
43820c03 1229 'Specify the postprocessor/executable name and the arguments separated by a colon ":" '
8fa43c73 1230 'to give the argument to the specified postprocessor/executable. Supported PP are: '
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1231 'Merger, ModifyChapters, SplitChapters, ExtractAudio, VideoRemuxer, VideoConvertor, '
1232 'Metadata, EmbedSubtitle, EmbedThumbnail, SubtitlesConvertor, ThumbnailsConvertor, '
1233 'FixupStretched, FixupM4a, FixupM3u8, FixupTimestamp and FixupDuration. '
1234 'The supported executables are: AtomicParsley, FFmpeg and FFprobe. '
43820c03 1235 'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
5b1ecbb3 1236 'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
597c1866 1237 '"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
1238 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
5b1ecbb3 1239 'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
1240 'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
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1241 postproc.add_option(
1242 '-k', '--keep-video',
1243 action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
6623ac34 1244 help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
1245 postproc.add_option(
1246 '--no-keep-video',
1247 action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
1248 help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
1249 postproc.add_option(
1250 '--post-overwrites',
1251 action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
1252 help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
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1253 postproc.add_option(
1254 '--no-post-overwrites',
1255 action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
6623ac34 1256 help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
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1257 postproc.add_option(
1258 '--embed-subs',
1259 action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
40025ee2 1260 help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
6623ac34 1261 postproc.add_option(
1262 '--no-embed-subs',
1263 action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
1264 help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
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1265 postproc.add_option(
1266 '--embed-thumbnail',
1267 action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
6aecd871 1268 help='Embed thumbnail in the video as cover art')
6623ac34 1269 postproc.add_option(
1270 '--no-embed-thumbnail',
1271 action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
1272 help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
8450c15c 1273 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1274 '--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
8450c15c 1275 action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
7a340e0d 1276 help='Embed metadata to the video file. Also adds chapters to file unless --no-add-chapters is used (Alias: --add-metadata)')
6623ac34 1277 postproc.add_option(
7e067091 1278 '--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
6623ac34 1279 action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
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1280 help='Do not add metadata to file (default) (Alias: --no-add-metadata)')
1281 postproc.add_option(
1282 '--embed-chapters', '--add-chapters',
1283 action='store_true', dest='addchapters', default=None,
1284 help='Add chapter markers to the video file (Alias: --add-chapters)')
1285 postproc.add_option(
1286 '--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
1287 action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
1288 help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
e7db87f7 1289 postproc.add_option(
1290 '--metadata-from-title',
1291 metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
5bfa4862 1292 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1293 postproc.add_option(
1294 '--parse-metadata',
e9f4ccd1 1295 metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
6623ac34 1296 help=(
73cd218f 1297 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
1298 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
e9f4ccd1 1299 postproc.add_option(
1300 '--replace-in-metadata',
1301 dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
1302 help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
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1303 postproc.add_option(
1304 '--xattrs',
1305 action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
17941321 1306 help='Write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
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1307 postproc.add_option(
1308 '--fixup',
99594a11 1309 metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default=None,
f89b3e2d 1310 choices=('never', 'ignore', 'warn', 'detect_or_warn', 'force'),
6623ac34 1311 help=(
1312 'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
1313 'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
f89b3e2d 1314 'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise), '
1315 'force (try fixing even if file already exists'))
8450c15c 1316 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1317 '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
8450c15c 1318 action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
e4172ac9 1319 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
8450c15c 1320 postproc.add_option(
6623ac34 1321 '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
e4172ac9 1322 action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg', default=True,
1323 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
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1324 postproc.add_option(
1325 '--ffmpeg-location', '--avconv-location', metavar='PATH',
1326 dest='ffmpeg_location',
e4172ac9 1327 help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
34a741a8 1328 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1329 '--exec', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1330 action='append', dest='exec_cmd',
9de3ea31 1331 help=(
1332 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. '
34488702 1333 'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
9de3ea31 1334 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. '
c681cb5d 1335 'If no fields are passed, %(filepath)q is appended to the end of the command. '
1336 'This option can be used multiple times'))
1337 postproc.add_option(
1338 '--no-exec',
1339 action='store_const', dest='exec_cmd', const=[],
1340 help='Remove any previously defined --exec')
1341 postproc.add_option(
1342 '--exec-before-download', metavar='CMD',
ad3dc496 1343 action='append', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd',
c681cb5d 1344 help=(
1345 'Execute a command before the actual download. '
1346 'The syntax is the same as --exec but "filepath" is not available. '
1347 'This option can be used multiple times'))
5520aa2d 1348 postproc.add_option(
c681cb5d 1349 '--no-exec-before-download',
1350 action='store_const', dest='exec_before_dl_cmd', const=[],
1351 help='Remove any previously defined --exec-before-download')
e9fade72 1352 postproc.add_option(
e167860c 1353 '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles',
e9fade72 1354 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None,
81a23040 1355 help=(
1356 'Convert the subtitles to another format (currently supported: %s) '
1357 '(Alias: --convert-subtitles)' % '|'.join(FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
8fa43c73 1358 postproc.add_option(
1359 '--convert-thumbnails',
1360 metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertthumbnails', default=None,
81a23040 1361 help=(
1362 'Convert the thumbnails to another format '
1363 '(currently supported: %s) ' % '|'.join(FFmpegThumbnailsConvertorPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)))
72755351 1364 postproc.add_option(
1365 '--split-chapters', '--split-tracks',
1366 dest='split_chapters', action='store_true', default=False,
1367 help=(
1368 'Split video into multiple files based on internal chapters. '
1369 'The "chapter:" prefix can be used with "--paths" and "--output" to '
1370 'set the output filename for the split files. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details'))
1371 postproc.add_option(
1372 '--no-split-chapters', '--no-split-tracks',
1373 dest='split_chapters', action='store_false',
1374 help='Do not split video based on chapters (default)')
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1375 postproc.add_option(
1376 '--remove-chapters',
1377 metavar='REGEX', dest='remove_chapters', action='append',
1378 help='Remove chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. This option can be used multiple times')
1379 postproc.add_option(
1380 '--no-remove-chapters', dest='remove_chapters', action='store_const', const=None,
1381 help='Do not remove any chapters from the file (default)')
1382 postproc.add_option(
1383 '--force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1384 action='store_true', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts', default=False,
1385 help=(
1386 'Force keyframes around the chapters before removing/splitting them. '
1387 'Requires a reencode and thus is very slow, but the resulting video '
1388 'may have fewer artifacts around the cuts'))
1389 postproc.add_option(
1390 '--no-force-keyframes-at-cuts',
1391 action='store_false', dest='force_keyframes_at_cuts',
1392 help='Do not force keyframes around the chapters when cutting/splitting (default)')
3ae5e797 1393 _postprocessor_opts_parser = lambda key, val='': (
1394 *(item.split('=', 1) for item in (val.split(';') if val else [])),
1395 ('key', remove_end(key, 'PP')))
1396 postproc.add_option(
1397 '--use-postprocessor',
1398 metavar='NAME[:ARGS]', dest='add_postprocessors', default=[], type='str',
1399 action='callback', callback=_list_from_options_callback,
1400 callback_kwargs={
1401 'delim': None,
1402 'process': lambda val: dict(_postprocessor_opts_parser(*val.split(':', 1)))
1403 }, help=(
1404 'The (case sensitive) name of plugin postprocessors to be enabled, '
1405 'and (optionally) arguments to be passed to it, seperated by a colon ":". '
1406 'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
1407 'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
1408 'It can be one of "pre_process" (after extraction), '
1409 '"before_dl" (before video download), "post_process" (after video download; default) '
1410 'or "after_move" (after moving file to their final locations). '
1411 'This option can be used multiple times to add different postprocessors'))
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1413 sponsorblock = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'SponsorBlock Options', description=(
1414 'Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor, introductions, etc.) '
1415 'from downloaded YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API (https://sponsor.ajay.app)'))
1416 sponsorblock.add_option(
1417 '--sponsorblock-mark', metavar='CATS',
1418 dest='sponsorblock_mark', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
1419 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()},
1420 help=(
1421 'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
1422 'Available categories are all, %s. You can prefix the category with a "-" to exempt it. '
1423 'See https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/index.php/Segment_Categories for description of the categories. '
165efb82 1424 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview' % ', '.join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())))
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1425 sponsorblock.add_option(
1426 '--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
1427 dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
1428 callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'allowed_values': SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()},
1429 help=(
1430 'SponsorBlock categories to be removed from the video file, separated by commas. '
1431 'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
1432 'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark'))
1433 sponsorblock.add_option(
1434 '--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
1435 default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
1436 help=(
1437 'The title template for SponsorBlock chapters created by --sponsorblock-mark. '
1438 'The same syntax as the output template is used, but the only available fields are '
1439 'start_time, end_time, category, categories, name, category_names. Defaults to "%default"'))
1440 sponsorblock.add_option(
1441 '--no-sponsorblock', default=False,
1442 action='store_true', dest='no_sponsorblock',
1443 help='Disable both --sponsorblock-mark and --sponsorblock-remove')
1444 sponsorblock.add_option(
1445 '--sponsorblock-api', metavar='URL',
1446 default='https://sponsor.ajay.app', dest='sponsorblock_api',
1447 help='SponsorBlock API location, defaults to %default')
1448
1449 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1450 '--sponskrub',
165efb82 1451 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=False,
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1452 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1453 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1454 '--no-sponskrub',
1455 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
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1456 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1457 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1458 '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
1459 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1460 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1461 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1462 '--no-sponskrub-cut',
1463 action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
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1464 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1465 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1466 '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
1467 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1468 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1469 sponsorblock.add_option(
6623ac34 1470 '--no-sponskrub-force',
1471 action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
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1472 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1473 sponsorblock.add_option(
a9e7f546 1474 '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
1475 dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
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1476 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
1477 sponsorblock.add_option(
c76eb41b 1478 '--sponskrub-args', dest='sponskrub_args', metavar='ARGS',
1b77b347 1479 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
a9e7f546 1480
78895bd3 1481 extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
62bff2c1 1482 extractor.add_option(
1483 '--extractor-retries',
d6e51845 1484 dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
62bff2c1 1485 help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
78895bd3 1486 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1487 '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1488 action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
8a51f564 1489 help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default) (Alias: --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)')
78895bd3 1490 extractor.add_option(
6623ac34 1491 '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
78895bd3 1492 action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
8a51f564 1493 help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests (Alias: --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)')
310c2ed2 1494 extractor.add_option(
1495 '--hls-split-discontinuity',
1496 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_true', default=False,
1497 help='Split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks'
1498 )
1499 extractor.add_option(
1500 '--no-hls-split-discontinuity',
1501 dest='hls_split_discontinuity', action='store_false',
1502 help='Do not split HLS playlists to different formats at discontinuities such as ad breaks (default)')
57015a4a 1503 _extractor_arg_parser = lambda key, vals='': (key.strip().lower().replace('-', '_'), [val.strip() for val in vals.split(',')])
5d3a0e79 1504 extractor.add_option(
1505 '--extractor-args',
1506 metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
1507 action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
1508 callback_kwargs={
1509 'multiple_keys': False,
1510 'process': lambda val: dict(
4bb6b02f 1511 _extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
dbf5416a 1512 }, help=(
5d3a0e79 1513 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
4bb6b02f 1514 'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
e409895f 1515 extractor.add_option(
1516 '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
1517 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1518 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1519 extractor.add_option(
1520 '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
1521 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1522 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1523 extractor.add_option(
1524 '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
1525 action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
5d3a0e79 1526 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
e409895f 1527 extractor.add_option(
1528 '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
1529 action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
5d3a0e79 1530 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
78895bd3 1531
34a741a8 1532 parser.add_option_group(general)
be4a824d 1533 parser.add_option_group(network)
0aa10994 1534 parser.add_option_group(geo)
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1535 parser.add_option_group(selection)
1536 parser.add_option_group(downloader)
1537 parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
cfb56d1a 1538 parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
732044af 1539 parser.add_option_group(link)
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1540 parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
1541 parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
1542 parser.add_option_group(video_format)
1543 parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
1544 parser.add_option_group(authentication)
1545 parser.add_option_group(postproc)
7a340e0d 1546 parser.add_option_group(sponsorblock)
78895bd3 1547 parser.add_option_group(extractor)
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1549 if overrideArguments is not None:
1550 opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
1551 if opts.verbose:
8450c15c 1552 write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
34a741a8 1553 else:
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1554 def compat_conf(conf):
1555 if sys.version_info < (3,):
1556 return [a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in conf]
1557 return conf
1558
e2e43aea 1559 configs = {
0202b52a 1560 'command-line': compat_conf(sys.argv[1:]),
1561 'custom': [], 'home': [], 'portable': [], 'user': [], 'system': []}
1562 paths = {'command-line': False}
7303f84a 1563
1564 def read_options(name, path, user=False):
1565 ''' loads config files and returns ignoreconfig '''
1566 # Multiple package names can be given here
1567 # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
1568 # the configuration file of any of these three packages
1569 for package in ('yt-dlp',):
1570 if user:
1571 config, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
1572 else:
1573 current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
1574 config = _readOptions(current_path, default=None)
1575 if config is not None:
1576 configs[name], paths[name] = config, current_path
1577 return parser.parse_args(config)[0].ignoreconfig
1578 return False
f5e2efbb 1579
e2e43aea 1580 def get_configs():
7303f84a 1581 opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['command-line'])
1582 if opts.config_location is not None:
e2e43aea 1583 location = compat_expanduser(opts.config_location)
1584 if os.path.isdir(location):
7a5c1cfe 1585 location = os.path.join(location, 'yt-dlp.conf')
e2e43aea 1586 if not os.path.exists(location):
1587 parser.error('config-location %s does not exist.' % location)
7303f84a 1588 config = _readOptions(location, default=None)
1589 if config:
1590 configs['custom'], paths['config'] = config, location
1591
1592 if opts.ignoreconfig:
e2e43aea 1593 return
7303f84a 1594 if parser.parse_args(configs['custom'])[0].ignoreconfig:
e2e43aea 1595 return
7303f84a 1596 if read_options('portable', get_executable_path()):
e2e43aea 1597 return
7303f84a 1598 opts, _ = parser.parse_args(configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line'])
1599 if read_options('home', expand_path(opts.paths.get('home', '')).strip()):
0202b52a 1600 return
7303f84a 1601 if read_options('system', '/etc'):
e2e43aea 1602 return
7303f84a 1603 if read_options('user', None, user=True):
0202b52a 1604 configs['system'], paths['system'] = [], None
e66dca5e 1605
e2e43aea 1606 get_configs()
0202b52a 1607 argv = configs['system'] + configs['user'] + configs['home'] + configs['portable'] + configs['custom'] + configs['command-line']
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1608 opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
1609 if opts.verbose:
0202b52a 1610 for label in ('System', 'User', 'Portable', 'Home', 'Custom', 'Command-line'):
1611 key = label.lower()
7303f84a 1612 if paths.get(key):
1613 write_string(f'[debug] {label} config file: {paths[key]}\n')
1614 if paths.get(key) is not None:
1615 write_string(f'[debug] {label} config: {_hide_login_info(configs[key])!r}\n')
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1617 return parser, opts, args