expand_path,
format_field,
get_executable_path,
+ get_system_config_dirs,
+ get_user_config_dirs,
join_nonempty,
orderedSet_from_options,
remove_end,
if ignore_config_files == 'if_override':
ignore_config_files = overrideArguments is not None
- def _readUserConf(package_name, default=[]):
- # .config
+ def _load_from_config_dirs(config_dirs):
+ for config_dir in config_dirs:
+ conf_file_path = os.path.join(config_dir, 'config')
+ conf = Config.read_file(conf_file_path, default=None)
+ if conf is None:
+ conf_file_path += '.txt'
+ conf = Config.read_file(conf_file_path, default=None)
+ if conf is not None:
+ return conf, conf_file_path
+ return None, None
+
+ def _read_user_conf(package_name, default=None):
+ # .config/package_name.conf
xdg_config_home = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
- userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, package_name, 'config')
- if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
- userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is not None:
- return userConf, userConfFile
+ user_conf_file = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, '%s.conf' % package_name)
+ user_conf = Config.read_file(user_conf_file, default=None)
+ if user_conf is not None:
+ return user_conf, user_conf_file
- # appdata
- appdata_dir = os.getenv('appdata')
- if appdata_dir:
- userConfFile = os.path.join(appdata_dir, package_name, 'config')
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is None:
- userConfFile += '.txt'
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is not None:
- return userConf, userConfFile
+ # home (~/package_name.conf or ~/package_name.conf.txt)
+ user_conf_file = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
+ user_conf = Config.read_file(user_conf_file, default=None)
+ if user_conf is None:
+ user_conf_file += '.txt'
+ user_conf = Config.read_file(user_conf_file, default=None)
+ if user_conf is not None:
+ return user_conf, user_conf_file
- # home
- userConfFile = os.path.join(compat_expanduser('~'), '%s.conf' % package_name)
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is None:
- userConfFile += '.txt'
- userConf = Config.read_file(userConfFile, default=None)
- if userConf is not None:
- return userConf, userConfFile
+ # Package config directories (e.g. ~/.config/package_name/package_name.txt)
+ user_conf, user_conf_file = _load_from_config_dirs(get_user_config_dirs(package_name))
+ if user_conf is not None:
+ return user_conf, user_conf_file
+ return default if default is not None else [], None
- return default, None
+ def _read_system_conf(package_name, default=None):
+ system_conf, system_conf_file = _load_from_config_dirs(get_system_config_dirs(package_name))
+ if system_conf is not None:
+ return system_conf, system_conf_file
+ return default if default is not None else [], None
- def add_config(label, path, user=False):
+ def add_config(label, path=None, func=None):
""" Adds config and returns whether to continue """
if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
return False
- # Multiple package names can be given here
- # E.g. ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
- # the configuration file of any of these three packages
- for package in ('yt-dlp',):
- if user:
- args, current_path = _readUserConf(package, default=None)
- else:
- current_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.conf' % package)
- args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
- if args is not None:
- root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
- return True
+ elif func:
+ assert path is None
+ args, current_path = func('yt-dlp')
+ else:
+ current_path = os.path.join(path, 'yt-dlp.conf')
+ args = Config.read_file(current_path, default=None)
+ if args is not None:
+ root.append_config(args, current_path, label=label)
+ return True
return True
def load_configs():
yield not ignore_config_files
yield add_config('Portable', get_executable_path())
yield add_config('Home', expand_path(root.parse_known_args()[0].paths.get('home', '')).strip())
- yield add_config('User', None, user=True)
- yield add_config('System', '/etc')
+ yield add_config('User', func=_read_user_conf)
+ yield add_config('System', func=_read_system_conf)
opts = optparse.Values({'verbose': True, 'print_help': False})
try:
out_dict[key] = out_dict.get(key, []) + [val] if append else val
setattr(parser.values, option.dest, out_dict)
+ def when_prefix(default):
+ return {
+ 'default': {},
+ 'type': 'str',
+ 'action': 'callback',
+ 'callback': _dict_from_options_callback,
+ 'callback_kwargs': {
+ 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
+ 'default_key': default,
+ 'multiple_keys': False,
+ 'append': True,
+ },
+ }
+
parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser()
alias_group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Aliases')
Formatter = string.Formatter()
aliases = (x if x.startswith('-') else f'--{x}' for x in map(str.strip, aliases.split(',')))
try:
+ args = [f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)]
alias_group.add_option(
- *aliases, help=opts, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
- metavar=' '.join(f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)), action='callback',
+ *aliases, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
+ metavar=' '.join(args), help=opts.format(*args), action='callback',
callback=_alias_callback, callback_kwargs={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs})
except Exception as err:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; {err}')
'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',
- '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', 'no-certifi',
+ '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',
}, 'aliases': {
'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams'],
'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat'],
+ '2021': ['2022', 'no-certifi', 'filename-sanitization', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date'],
+ '2022': ['no-external-downloader-progress'],
}
}, help=(
'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
'-I', '--playlist-items',
dest='playlist_items', metavar='ITEM_SPEC', default=None,
help=(
- 'Comma separated playlist_index of the videos to download. '
+ 'Comma separated playlist_index of the items to download. '
'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
- 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the videos at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
+ 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the items at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
selection.add_option(
'--min-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
- help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
+ help='Abort download if filesize is smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
selection.add_option(
'--max-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
- help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
+ help='Abort download if filesize is larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
selection.add_option(
'--date',
metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
selection.add_option(
'--break-per-input',
action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
- help='Make --break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, --max-downloads and autonumber reset per input URL')
+ help='Alters --max-downloads, --break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, and autonumber to reset per input URL')
selection.add_option(
'--no-break-per-input',
action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
'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. '
'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
- 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-15:00" --download-sections "intro"'))
+ 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
downloader.add_option(
'--downloader', '--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
help='Do not download the video but write all related files (Alias: --no-download)')
verbosity.add_option(
'-O', '--print',
- metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', default={}, type='str',
- action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
- 'default_key': 'video',
- 'multiple_keys': False,
- 'append': True,
- }, help=(
+ metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE', dest='forceprint', **when_prefix('video'),
+ help=(
'Field name or output template to print to screen, optionally prefixed with when to print it, separated by a ":". '
- 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor, and "video" (default). '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: video). '
'Implies --quiet. Implies --simulate unless --no-simulate or later stages of WHEN are used. '
'This option can be used multiple times'))
verbosity.add_option(
'--print-to-file',
- metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', default={}, type='str', nargs=2,
- action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': 'video|' + '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
- 'default_key': 'video',
- 'multiple_keys': False,
- 'append': True,
- }, help=(
+ metavar='[WHEN:]TEMPLATE FILE', dest='print_to_file', nargs=2, **when_prefix('video'),
+ help=(
'Append given template to the file. The values of WHEN and TEMPLATE are same as that of --print. '
'FILE uses the same syntax as the output template. This option can be used multiple times'))
verbosity.add_option(
help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cookies-from-browser',
- dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE[:CONTAINER]]',
+ dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
help=(
- 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of the profile to load cookies from '
- '(and container name if Firefox) separated by a ":". '
+ 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
- 'By default, the default container of the most recently accessed profile is used. '
- 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
- '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
+ 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
+ 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
+ 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
+ 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
+ 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cookies-from-browser',
help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
- 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')
+ help=(
+ 'Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information '
+ '(such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
postproc.add_option(
'--parse-metadata',
- metavar='FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', action='append',
+ metavar='[WHEN:]FROM:TO', dest='parse_metadata', **when_prefix('pre_process'),
help=(
- 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; '
- 'see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details'))
+ 'Parse additional metadata like title/artist from other fields; see "MODIFYING METADATA" for details. '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
postproc.add_option(
'--replace-in-metadata',
- dest='parse_metadata', metavar='FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', action='append', nargs=3,
- help='Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times')
+ dest='parse_metadata', metavar='[WHEN:]FIELDS REGEX REPLACE', nargs=3, **when_prefix('pre_process'),
+ help=(
+ 'Replace text in a metadata field using the given regex. This option can be used multiple times. '
+ 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor (default: pre_process)'))
postproc.add_option(
'--xattrs', '--xattr',
action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
help='Location of the ffmpeg binary; either the path to the binary or its containing directory')
postproc.add_option(
'--exec',
- metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', default={}, type='str',
- action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
- callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_keys': '|'.join(map(re.escape, POSTPROCESS_WHEN)),
- 'default_key': 'after_move',
- 'multiple_keys': False,
- 'append': True,
- }, help=(
- 'Execute a command, optionally prefixed with when to execute it (after_move if unspecified), separated by a ":". '
- 'Supported values of "WHEN" are the same as that of --use-postprocessor. '
+ metavar='[WHEN:]CMD', dest='exec_cmd', **when_prefix('after_move'),
+ help=(
+ '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)q is appended to the end of the command. '
'ARGS are a semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE. '
'The "when" argument determines when the postprocessor is invoked. '
'It can be one of "pre_process" (after video extraction), "after_filter" (after video passes filter), '
- '"before_dl" (before each video download), "post_process" (after each video download; default), '
+ '"video" (after --format; before --print/--output), "before_dl" (before each video download), '
+ '"post_process" (after each video download; default), '
'"after_move" (after moving video file to it\'s final locations), '
'"after_video" (after downloading and processing all formats of a video), '
'or "playlist" (at end of playlist). '
'--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
callback=_set_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={
- 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys()),
+ 'allowed_values': set(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys()) - set(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys()),
# Note: From https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Types:
# The filler category is very aggressive.
# It is strongly recommended to not use this in a client by default.
'If a category is present in both mark and remove, remove takes precedence. '
'The syntax and available categories are the same as for --sponsorblock-mark '
'except that "default" refers to "all,-filler" '
- f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.POI_CATEGORIES.keys())} is not available'))
+ f'and {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.NON_SKIPPABLE_CATEGORIES.keys())} are not available'))
sponsorblock.add_option(
'--sponsorblock-chapter-title', metavar='TEMPLATE',
default=DEFAULT_SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTER_TITLE, dest='sponsorblock_chapter_title',
val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
extractor.add_option(
'--extractor-args',
- metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
+ metavar='IE_KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'multiple_keys': False,
'process': lambda val: dict(
_extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
}, help=(
- 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
+ 'Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
extractor.add_option(
'--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',