class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
- # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
+ # optparse is deprecated since Python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
ALIAS_DEST = '_triggered_aliases'
ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT = 100
raise
return self.check_values(self.values, self.largs)
- def error(self, msg):
+ def _generate_error_message(self, msg):
msg = f'{self.get_prog_name()}: error: {str(msg).strip()}\n'
- raise optparse.OptParseError(f'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self.usage else msg)
+ return f'{self.get_usage()}\n{msg}' if self.usage else msg
+
+ def error(self, msg):
+ raise optparse.OptParseError(self._generate_error_message(msg))
def _get_args(self, args):
return sys.argv[1:] if args is None else list(args)
'--ignore-config', '--no-config',
action='store_true', dest='ignoreconfig',
help=(
- 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given by --config-locations. '
+ 'Don\'t load any more configuration files except those given to --config-locations. '
'For backward compatibility, if this option is found inside the system configuration file, the user configuration is not loaded. '
'(Alias: --no-config)'))
general.add_option(
callback_kwargs={
'allowed_values': {
'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
- 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
+ 'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge', 'playlist-match-filter',
'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'no-external-downloader-progress',
'embed-metadata', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
+ 'prefer-legacy-http-handler', 'manifest-filesize-approx'
}, 'aliases': {
- 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams'],
- 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat'],
+ 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams', '-playlist-match-filter', '-manifest-filesize-approx'],
+ 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', '-playlist-match-filter', '-manifest-filesize-approx'],
'2021': ['2022', 'no-certifi', 'filename-sanitization', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date'],
- '2022': ['no-external-downloader-progress'],
+ '2022': ['2023', 'no-external-downloader-progress', 'playlist-match-filter', 'prefer-legacy-http-handler', 'manifest-filesize-approx'],
+ '2023': [],
}
}, help=(
'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
metavar='IP', dest='source_address', default=None,
help='Client-side IP address to bind to',
)
+ network.add_option(
+ '--impersonate',
+ metavar='CLIENT[:OS]', dest='impersonate', default=None,
+ help=(
+ 'Client to impersonate for requests. E.g. chrome, chrome-110, chrome:windows-10. '
+ 'Pass --impersonate="" to impersonate any client.'),
+ )
+ network.add_option(
+ '--list-impersonate-targets',
+ dest='list_impersonate_targets', default=False, action='store_true',
+ help='List available clients to impersonate.',
+ )
network.add_option(
'-4', '--force-ipv4',
action='store_const', const='0.0.0.0', dest='source_address',
'--break-on-existing',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
help='Stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--no-break-on-existing',
+ action='store_false', dest='break_on_existing',
+ help='Do not stop the download process when encountering a file that is in the archive (default)')
selection.add_option(
'--break-on-reject',
action='store_true', dest='break_on_reject', default=False,
'--netrc-location',
dest='netrc_location', metavar='PATH',
help='Location of .netrc authentication data; either the path or its containing directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '--netrc-cmd',
+ dest='netrc_cmd', metavar='NETRC_CMD',
+ help='Command to execute to get the credentials for an extractor.')
authentication.add_option(
'--video-password',
dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
- help='Video password (vimeo, youku)')
+ help='Video-specific password')
authentication.add_option(
'--ap-mso',
dest='ap_mso', metavar='MSO',
'--download-sections',
metavar='REGEX', dest='download_ranges', action='append',
help=(
- 'Download only chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
- 'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to download the specified range. '
+ 'Download only chapters that match the regular expression. '
+ 'A "*" prefix denotes time-range instead of chapter. Negative timestamps are calculated from the end. '
+ '"*from-url" can be used to download between the "start_time" and "end_time" extracted from the URL. '
'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
downloader.add_option(
verbosity.add_option(
'-j', '--dump-json',
action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
- help='Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys')
+ help=(
+ 'Quiet, but print JSON information for each video. Simulate unless --no-simulate is used. '
+ 'See "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for a description of available keys'))
verbosity.add_option(
'-J', '--dump-single-json',
action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
'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(
+ '--progress-delta',
+ metavar='SECONDS', action='store', dest='progress_delta', type=float, default=0,
+ help='Time between progress output (default: 0)')
verbosity.add_option(
'-v', '--verbose',
action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
filesystem.add_option(
'--output-na-placeholder',
dest='outtmpl_na_placeholder', metavar='TEXT', default='NA',
- help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" (default: "%default")'))
+ help=('Placeholder for unavailable fields in --output (default: "%default")'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--autonumber-size',
dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
'--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
help=(
- 'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
- 'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
+ 'Remove some internal metadata such as filenames from the infojson (default)'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it, separated by a ":". '
'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: after_move). '
'Same syntax as the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. '
- 'After download, an additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file '
- 'is also available, and if no fields are passed, %(filepath,_filename|)q is appended to the end of the command. '
+ 'If no fields are passed, %(filepath,_filename|)q is appended to the end of the command. '
'This option can be used multiple times'))
postproc.add_option(
'--no-exec',