metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
selection.add_option(
- '--match-filter',
- metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', default=None,
+ '--match-filters',
+ metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='append',
help=(
'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
- 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
- 'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
- 'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
- 'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
- 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
- '"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
- 'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
- '(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
+ 'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present, '
+ 'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
+ 'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
+ 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. Eg: --match-filter '
+ '!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
+ 'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have a like count more than 100 '
+ '(or the like field is not available) and also has a description '
'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
selection.add_option(
'--no-match-filter',
for filter_part in re.split(r'(?<!\\)&', filter_str))
-def match_filter_func(filter_str):
- if filter_str is None:
+def match_filter_func(filters):
+ if not filters:
return None
+ filters = variadic(filters)
def _match_func(info_dict, *args, **kwargs):
- if match_str(filter_str, info_dict, *args, **kwargs):
+ if any(match_str(f, info_dict, *args, **kwargs) for f in filters):
return None
else:
- video_title = info_dict.get('title', info_dict.get('id', 'video'))
- return '%s does not pass filter %s, skipping ..' % (video_title, filter_str)
+ video_title = info_dict.get('title') or info_dict.get('id') or 'video'
+ filter_str = ') | ('.join(map(str.strip, filters))
+ return f'{video_title} does not pass filter ({filter_str}), skipping ..'
return _match_func