def _dict_from_options_callback(
option, opt_str, value, parser,
- allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True):
+ allowed_keys=r'[\w-]+', delimiter=':', default_key=None, process=None, multiple_keys=True,
+ process_key=str.lower):
out_dict = getattr(parser.values, option.dest)
if multiple_keys:
allowed_keys = r'(%s)(,(%s))*' % (allowed_keys, allowed_keys)
mobj = re.match(r'(?i)(?P<keys>%s)%s(?P<val>.*)$' % (allowed_keys, delimiter), value)
if mobj is not None:
- keys = [k.strip() for k in mobj.group('keys').lower().split(',')]
- val = mobj.group('val')
+ keys, val = mobj.group('keys').split(','), mobj.group('val')
elif default_key is not None:
keys, val = [default_key], value
else:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(
'wrong %s formatting; it should be %s, not "%s"' % (opt_str, option.metavar, value))
try:
+ keys = map(process_key, keys) if process_key else keys
val = process(val) if process else val
except Exception as err:
- raise optparse.OptionValueError(
- 'wrong %s formatting; %s' % (opt_str, err))
+ raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
for key in keys:
out_dict[key] = val
general.add_option(
'-i', '--ignore-errors',
action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors',
- help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successfull even if the postprocessing fails')
+ help='Ignore download and postprocessing errors. The download will be considered successful even if the postprocessing fails')
general.add_option(
'--no-abort-on-error',
action='store_const', dest='ignoreerrors', const='only_download',
'allowed_values': {
'filename', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
- 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json',
+ 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs',
}, 'aliases': {
'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
'--date',
metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
help=(
- 'Download only videos uploaded in this date. '
+ 'Download only videos uploaded on this date. '
'The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
'"(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"'))
selection.add_option(
help="Don't give any special preference to free containers (default)")
video_format.add_option(
'--check-formats',
- action='store_true', dest='check_formats', default=None,
- help='Check that the formats selected are actually downloadable')
+ action='store_const', const='selected', dest='check_formats', default=None,
+ help='Check that the selected formats are actually downloadable')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '--check-all-formats',
+ action='store_true', dest='check_formats',
+ help='Check all formats for whether they are actually downloadable')
video_format.add_option(
'--no-check-formats',
action='store_false', dest='check_formats',
- help='Do not check that the formats selected are actually downloadable')
+ help='Do not check that the formats are actually downloadable')
video_format.add_option(
'-F', '--list-formats',
action='store_true', dest='listformats',
action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
help=(
- 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs en.*,ja) '
+ 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exempt it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
'--add-header',
metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False},
+ callback_kwargs={'multiple_keys': False, 'process_key': None},
help='Specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon ":". You can use this option multiple times',
)
workarounds.add_option(
'--ignore-no-formats-error',
action='store_true', dest='ignore_no_formats_error', default=False,
help=(
- 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Usefull for extracting metadata '
+ 'Ignore "No video formats" error. Useful for extracting metadata '
'even if the videos are not actually available for download (experimental)'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-ignore-no-formats-error',
'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
'"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
- 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. Eg: '
+ 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
# TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
'--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
verbosity.add_option(
dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
"Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-batch-file',
+ dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
+ help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--id', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
filesystem.add_option(
'-P', '--paths',
metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',
filesystem.add_option(
'--windows-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
- help='Force filenames to be windows compatible')
+ help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-windows-filenames',
action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
- help='Make filenames windows compatible only if using windows (default)')
+ help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
postproc.add_option(
'--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
dest='audioquality', default='5',
- help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
+ help='Specify ffmpeg audio quality, insert a value between 0 (best) and 10 (worst) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
postproc.add_option(
'--remux-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
postproc.add_option(
'--embed-metadata', '--add-metadata',
action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
- help='Embed metadata to the video file. Also adds chapters to file unless --no-add-chapters is used (Alias: --add-metadata)')
+ help=(
+ 'Embed metadata to the video file. Also embeds chapters/infojson if present '
+ 'unless --no-embed-chapters/--no-embed-info-json are used (Alias: --add-metadata)'))
postproc.add_option(
'--no-embed-metadata', '--no-add-metadata',
action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
'--no-embed-chapters', '--no-add-chapters',
action='store_false', dest='addchapters',
help='Do not add chapter markers (default) (Alias: --no-add-chapters)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--embed-info-json',
+ action='store_true', dest='embed_infojson', default=None,
+ help='Embed the infojson as an attachment to mkv/mka video files')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-embed-info-json',
+ action='store_false', dest='embed_infojson',
+ help='Do not embed the infojson as an attachment to the video file')
postproc.add_option(
'--metadata-from-title',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
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