if len(opts) > 1:
opts.insert(1, ', ')
- if option.takes_value(): opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
+ if option.takes_value():
+ opts.append(' %s' % option.metavar)
return "".join(opts)
for private_opt in ['-p', '--password', '-u', '--username', '--video-password']:
try:
i = opts.index(private_opt)
- opts[i+1] = 'PRIVATE'
+ opts[i + 1] = 'PRIVATE'
except ValueError:
pass
return opts
- max_width = 80
- max_help_position = 80
-
# No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
columns = get_term_width()
- if columns: max_width = columns
+ max_width = columns if columns else 80
+ max_help_position = 80
fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)
fmt.format_option_strings = _format_option_string
kw = {
- 'version' : __version__,
- 'formatter' : fmt,
- 'usage' : '%prog [options] url [url...]',
- 'conflict_handler' : 'resolve',
+ 'version': __version__,
+ 'formatter': fmt,
+ 'usage': '%prog [options] url [url...]',
+ 'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
}
parser = optparse.OptionParser(**kw)
- # option groups
- general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
- selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
- authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
- video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
- subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
- downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
- postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
- filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
- workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
- verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
-
- general.add_option('-h', '--help',
- action='help', help='print this help text and exit')
- general.add_option('-v', '--version',
- action='version', help='print program version and exit')
- general.add_option('-U', '--update',
- action='store_true', dest='update_self', help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
- general.add_option('-i', '--ignore-errors',
- action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', help='continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist', default=False)
- general.add_option('--abort-on-error',
- action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
- help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
- general.add_option('--dump-user-agent',
- action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent',
- help='display the current browser identification', default=False)
- general.add_option('--list-extractors',
- action='store_true', dest='list_extractors',
- help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle', default=False)
- general.add_option('--extractor-descriptions',
- action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions',
- help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors', default=False)
+ general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
+ general.add_option(
+ '-h', '--help',
+ action='help',
+ help='print this help text and exit')
+ general.add_option(
+ '-v', '--version',
+ action='version',
+ help='print program version and exit')
+ general.add_option(
+ '-U', '--update',
+ action='store_true', dest='update_self',
+ help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
+ general.add_option(
+ '-i', '--ignore-errors',
+ action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=False,
+ help='continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--abort-on-error',
+ action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
+ help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--dump-user-agent',
+ action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
+ help='display the current browser identification')
general.add_option(
- '--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
+ '--list-extractors',
+ action='store_true', dest='list_extractors', default=False,
+ help='List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--extractor-descriptions',
+ action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
+ help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--proxy', dest='proxy',
+ default=None, metavar='URL',
help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
general.add_option(
- '--socket-timeout', dest='socket_timeout',
- type=float, default=None, help=u'Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
+ '--socket-timeout',
+ dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None,
+ help='Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
action='store_true',
help='Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
+ selection = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
selection.add_option(
'--playlist-start',
dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
'--playlist-end',
dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
help='playlist video to end at (default is last)')
- selection.add_option('--match-title', dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',help='download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
- selection.add_option('--reject-title', dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',help='skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
- selection.add_option('--max-downloads', metavar='NUMBER',
- dest='max_downloads', type=int, default=None,
- help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
- selection.add_option('--min-filesize', metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', help="Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)", default=None)
- selection.add_option('--max-filesize', metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', help="Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)", default=None)
- selection.add_option('--date', metavar='DATE', dest='date', help='download only videos uploaded in this date', default=None)
selection.add_option(
- '--datebefore', metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
+ '--match-title',
+ dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
+ help='download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--reject-title',
+ dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
+ help='skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--max-downloads',
+ dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,
+ help='Abort after downloading NUMBER files')
+ 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)')
+ 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)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--date',
+ metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
+ help='download only videos uploaded in this date')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--datebefore',
+ metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
help='download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)')
selection.add_option(
- '--dateafter', metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
+ '--dateafter',
+ metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
help='download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)')
selection.add_option(
- '--min-views', metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views',
- default=None, type=int,
- help="Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views",)
+ '--min-views',
+ metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,
+ help='Do not download any videos with less than COUNT views',)
selection.add_option(
- '--max-views', metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views',
- default=None, type=int,
- help="Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views",)
- selection.add_option('--no-playlist', action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', help='download only the currently playing video', default=False)
- selection.add_option('--age-limit', metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit',
- help='download only videos suitable for the given age',
- default=None, type=int)
- selection.add_option('--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
- dest='download_archive',
- help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
+ '--max-views',
+ metavar='COUNT', dest='max_views', default=None, type=int,
+ help='Do not download any videos with more than COUNT views')
selection.add_option(
- '--include-ads', dest='include_ads',
- action='store_true',
+ '--no-playlist',
+ action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
+ help='download only the currently playing video')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--age-limit',
+ metavar='YEARS', dest='age_limit', default=None, type=int,
+ help='download only videos suitable for the given age')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
+ dest='download_archive',
+ help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--include-ads',
+ dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
selection.add_option(
- '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', action='store_true',
- dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=False,
+ '--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
+ action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=False,
help='Try to download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos (experimental)')
- authentication.add_option('-u', '--username',
- dest='username', metavar='USERNAME', help='login with this account ID')
- authentication.add_option('-p', '--password',
- dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD', help='account password')
- authentication.add_option('-2', '--twofactor',
- dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR', help='two-factor auth code')
- authentication.add_option('-n', '--netrc',
- action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', help='use .netrc authentication data', default=False)
- authentication.add_option('--video-password',
- dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD', help='video password (vimeo, smotri)')
-
-
- video_format.add_option('-f', '--format',
- action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
- help='video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality. Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio')
- video_format.add_option('--all-formats',
- action='store_const', dest='format', help='download all available video formats', const='all')
- video_format.add_option('--prefer-free-formats',
- action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False, help='prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested')
- video_format.add_option('--max-quality',
- action='store', dest='format_limit', metavar='FORMAT', help='highest quality format to download')
- video_format.add_option('-F', '--list-formats',
- action='store_true', dest='listformats', help='list all available formats')
-
- subtitles.add_option('--write-sub', '--write-srt',
- action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles',
- help='write subtitle file', default=False)
- subtitles.add_option('--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
- action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub',
- help='write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)', default=False)
- subtitles.add_option('--all-subs',
- action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles',
- help='downloads all the available subtitles of the video', default=False)
- subtitles.add_option('--list-subs',
- action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles',
- help='lists all available subtitles for the video', default=False)
- subtitles.add_option('--sub-format',
- action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT',
- help='subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube only)', default='srt')
- subtitles.add_option('--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
- action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
- default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback,
- help='languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'')
-
- downloader.add_option('-r', '--rate-limit',
- dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
- downloader.add_option('-R', '--retries',
- dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', help='number of retries (default is %default)', default=10)
- downloader.add_option('--buffer-size',
- dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', help='size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)', default="1024")
- downloader.add_option('--no-resize-buffer',
- action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer',
- help='do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.', default=False)
- downloader.add_option('--test', action='store_true', dest='test', default=False, help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
-
+ authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '-u', '--username',
+ dest='username', metavar='USERNAME',
+ help='login with this account ID')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '-p', '--password',
+ dest='password', metavar='PASSWORD',
+ help='account password')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '-2', '--twofactor',
+ dest='twofactor', metavar='TWOFACTOR',
+ help='two-factor auth code')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '-n', '--netrc',
+ action='store_true', dest='usenetrc', default=False,
+ help='use .netrc authentication data')
+ authentication.add_option(
+ '--video-password',
+ dest='videopassword', metavar='PASSWORD',
+ help='video password (vimeo, smotri)')
+
+ video_format = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '-f', '--format',
+ action='store', dest='format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
+ help='video format code, specify the order of preference using slashes: -f 22/17/18 . -f mp4 , -f m4a and -f flv are also supported. You can also use the special names "best", "bestvideo", "bestaudio", "worst", "worstvideo" and "worstaudio". By default, youtube-dl will pick the best quality. Use commas to download multiple audio formats, such as -f 136/137/mp4/bestvideo,140/m4a/bestaudio')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '--all-formats',
+ action='store_const', dest='format', const='all',
+ help='download all available video formats')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '--prefer-free-formats',
+ action='store_true', dest='prefer_free_formats', default=False,
+ help='prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '--max-quality',
+ action='store', dest='format_limit', metavar='FORMAT',
+ help='highest quality format to download')
+ video_format.add_option(
+ '-F', '--list-formats',
+ action='store_true', dest='listformats',
+ help='list all available formats')
+
+ subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--write-sub', '--write-srt',
+ action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
+ help='write subtitle file')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
+ action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
+ help='write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--all-subs',
+ action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
+ help='downloads all the available subtitles of the video')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--list-subs',
+ action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles', default=False,
+ help='lists all available subtitles for the video')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--sub-format',
+ action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='srt',
+ help='subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube only)')
+ subtitles.add_option(
+ '--sub-lang', '--sub-langs', '--srt-lang',
+ action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
+ default=[], callback=_comma_separated_values_options_callback,
+ help='languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'')
+
+ downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '-r', '--rate-limit',
+ dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT',
+ help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '-R', '--retries',
+ dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
+ help='number of retries (default is %default)')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--buffer-size',
+ dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
+ help='size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--no-resize-buffer',
+ action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
+ help='do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
+ downloader.add_option(
+ '--test',
+ action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+
+ workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--encoding', dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
+ '--encoding',
+ dest='encoding', metavar='ENCODING',
help='Force the specified encoding (experimental)')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--no-check-certificate', action='store_true',
- dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
+ '--no-check-certificate',
+ action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
+ '--prefer-insecure',
+ '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--user-agent', metavar='UA',
- dest='user_agent', help='specify a custom user agent')
+ '--user-agent',
+ metavar='UA', dest='user_agent',
+ help='specify a custom user agent')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--referer', metavar='REF',
- dest='referer', default=None,
+ '--referer',
+ metavar='URL', dest='referer', default=None,
help='specify a custom referer, use if the video access is restricted to one domain',
)
workarounds.add_option(
- '--add-header', metavar='FIELD:VALUE',
- dest='headers', action='append',
+ '--add-header',
+ metavar='FIELD:VALUE', dest='headers', action='append',
help='specify a custom HTTP header and its value, separated by a colon \':\'. You can use this option multiple times',
)
workarounds.add_option(
- '--bidi-workaround', dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
- help=u'Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
+ '--bidi-workaround',
+ dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
+ help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
- verbosity.add_option('-q', '--quiet',
- action='store_true', dest='quiet', help='activates quiet mode', default=False)
+ verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '-q', '--quiet',
+ action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
+ help='activates quiet mode')
verbosity.add_option(
'--no-warnings',
dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,
help='Ignore warnings')
- verbosity.add_option('-s', '--simulate',
- action='store_true', dest='simulate', help='do not download the video and do not write anything to disk', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--skip-download',
- action='store_true', dest='skip_download', help='do not download the video', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('-g', '--get-url',
- action='store_true', dest='geturl', help='simulate, quiet but print URL', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('-e', '--get-title',
- action='store_true', dest='gettitle', help='simulate, quiet but print title', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--get-id',
- action='store_true', dest='getid', help='simulate, quiet but print id', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--get-thumbnail',
- action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail',
- help='simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--get-description',
- action='store_true', dest='getdescription',
- help='simulate, quiet but print video description', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--get-duration',
- action='store_true', dest='getduration',
- help='simulate, quiet but print video length', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--get-filename',
- action='store_true', dest='getfilename',
- help='simulate, quiet but print output filename', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--get-format',
- action='store_true', dest='getformat',
- help='simulate, quiet but print output format', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('-j', '--dump-json',
- action='store_true', dest='dumpjson',
- help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--newline',
- action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', help='output progress bar as new lines', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--no-progress',
- action='store_true', dest='noprogress', help='do not print progress bar', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--console-title',
- action='store_true', dest='consoletitle',
- help='display progress in console titlebar', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('-v', '--verbose',
- action='store_true', dest='verbose', help='print various debugging information', default=False)
- verbosity.add_option('--dump-intermediate-pages',
- action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
- help='print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)')
- verbosity.add_option('--write-pages',
- action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
- help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
- verbosity.add_option('--youtube-print-sig-code',
- action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
- help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
- verbosity.add_option('--print-traffic',
- dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
- help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
-
-
- filesystem.add_option('-a', '--batch-file',
- dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE', help='file containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
- filesystem.add_option('--id',
- action='store_true', dest='useid', help='use only video ID in file name', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-A', '--auto-number',
- action='store_true', dest='autonumber',
- help='number downloaded files starting from 00000', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-o', '--output',
- dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
- help=('output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, '
- '%(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, '
- '%(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, '
- '%(ext)s for the filename extension, '
- '%(format)s for the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), '
- '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like Youtube\'s itags: "137"), '
- '%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), '
- '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), '
- '%(id)s for the video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in, '
- '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist and %% for a literal percent. '
- '%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. '
- '%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. '
- 'Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a different directory, '
- 'for example with -o \'/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\' .'))
- filesystem.add_option('--autonumber-size',
- dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER',
- help='Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given')
- filesystem.add_option('--restrict-filenames',
- action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames',
- help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-t', '--title',
- action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='[deprecated] use title in file name (default)', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-l', '--literal',
- action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='[deprecated] alias of --title', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-w', '--no-overwrites',
- action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', help='do not overwrite files', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-c', '--continue',
- action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', help='force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.', default=True)
- filesystem.add_option('--no-continue',
- action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
- help='do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
- filesystem.add_option('--no-part',
- action='store_true', dest='nopart', help='do not use .part files', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('--no-mtime',
- action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
- help='do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time', default=True)
- filesystem.add_option('--write-description',
- action='store_true', dest='writedescription',
- help='write video description to a .description file', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('--write-info-json',
- action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson',
- help='write video metadata to a .info.json file', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('--write-annotations',
- action='store_true', dest='writeannotations',
- help='write video annotations to a .annotation file', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('--write-thumbnail',
- action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail',
- help='write thumbnail image to disk', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('--load-info',
- dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
- help='json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)')
- filesystem.add_option('--cookies',
- dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE', help='file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '-s', '--simulate',
+ action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False,
+ help='do not download the video and do not write anything to disk',)
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--skip-download',
+ action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
+ help='do not download the video',)
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '-g', '--get-url',
+ action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print URL')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '-e', '--get-title',
+ action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print title')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--get-id',
+ action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print id')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--get-thumbnail',
+ action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--get-description',
+ action='store_true', dest='getdescription', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print video description')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--get-duration',
+ action='store_true', dest='getduration', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print video length')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--get-filename',
+ action='store_true', dest='getfilename', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print output filename')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--get-format',
+ action='store_true', dest='getformat', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print output format')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '-j', '--dump-json',
+ action='store_true', dest='dumpjson', default=False,
+ help='simulate, quiet but print JSON information. See --output for a description of available keys.')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--newline',
+ action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', default=False,
+ help='output progress bar as new lines')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--no-progress',
+ action='store_true', dest='noprogress', default=False,
+ help='do not print progress bar')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--console-title',
+ action='store_true', dest='consoletitle', default=False,
+ help='display progress in console titlebar')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '-v', '--verbose',
+ action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
+ help='print various debugging information')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--dump-intermediate-pages',
+ action='store_true', dest='dump_intermediate_pages', default=False,
+ help='print downloaded pages to debug problems (very verbose)')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--write-pages',
+ action='store_true', dest='write_pages', default=False,
+ help='Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug problems')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--youtube-print-sig-code',
+ action='store_true', dest='youtube_print_sig_code', default=False,
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--print-traffic',
+ dest='debug_printtraffic', action='store_true', default=False,
+ help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
+
+ filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-a', '--batch-file',
+ dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
+ help='file containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--id', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='useid', help='use only video ID in file name')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-A', '--auto-number',
+ action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
+ help='number downloaded files starting from 00000')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-o', '--output',
+ dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
+ help=('output filename template. Use %(title)s to get the title, '
+ '%(uploader)s for the uploader name, %(uploader_id)s for the uploader nickname if different, '
+ '%(autonumber)s to get an automatically incremented number, '
+ '%(ext)s for the filename extension, '
+ '%(format)s for the format description (like "22 - 1280x720" or "HD"), '
+ '%(format_id)s for the unique id of the format (like Youtube\'s itags: "137"), '
+ '%(upload_date)s for the upload date (YYYYMMDD), '
+ '%(extractor)s for the provider (youtube, metacafe, etc), '
+ '%(id)s for the video id, %(playlist)s for the playlist the video is in, '
+ '%(playlist_index)s for the position in the playlist and %% for a literal percent. '
+ '%(height)s and %(width)s for the width and height of the video format. '
+ '%(resolution)s for a textual description of the resolution of the video format. '
+ 'Use - to output to stdout. Can also be used to download to a different directory, '
+ 'for example with -o \'/my/downloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\' .'))
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--autonumber-size',
+ dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER',
+ help='Specifies the number of digits in %(autonumber)s when it is present in output filename template or --auto-number option is given')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--restrict-filenames',
+ action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
+ help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-t', '--title',
+ action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,
+ help='[deprecated] use title in file name (default)')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-l', '--literal', default=False,
+ action='store_true', dest='usetitle',
+ help='[deprecated] alias of --title')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-w', '--no-overwrites',
+ action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', default=False,
+ help='do not overwrite files')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '-c', '--continue',
+ action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
+ help='force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-continue',
+ action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
+ help='do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-part',
+ action='store_true', dest='nopart', default=False,
+ help='do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-mtime',
+ action='store_false', dest='updatetime', default=True,
+ help='do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--write-description',
+ action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
+ help='write video description to a .description file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--write-info-json',
+ action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
+ help='write video metadata to a .info.json file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--write-annotations',
+ action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
+ help='write video annotations to a .annotation file')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--write-thumbnail',
+ action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
+ help='write thumbnail image to disk')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--load-info',
+ dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
+ help='json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--cookies',
+ dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
+ help='file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=False, dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
filesystem.add_option(
- '--rm-cache-dir', action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
+ '--rm-cache-dir',
+ action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
-
- postproc.add_option('-x', '--extract-audio', action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
- help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
- postproc.add_option('--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
- help='"best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; best by default')
- postproc.add_option('--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY', dest='audioquality', default='5',
- help='ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default 5)')
- postproc.add_option('--recode-video', metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
- help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)')
- postproc.add_option('-k', '--keep-video', action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
- help='keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
- postproc.add_option('--no-post-overwrites', action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
- help='do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
- postproc.add_option('--embed-subs', action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
- help='embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos)')
- postproc.add_option('--embed-thumbnail', action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
- help='embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
- postproc.add_option('--add-metadata', action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
- help='write metadata to the video file')
- postproc.add_option('--xattrs', action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
- help='write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
- postproc.add_option('--prefer-avconv', action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
+ postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '-x', '--extract-audio',
+ action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
+ help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
+ help='"best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", or "wav"; "%default" by default')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY',
+ dest='audioquality', default='5',
+ help='ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (better) and 9 (worse) for VBR or a specific bitrate like 128K (default %default)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--recode-video',
+ metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
+ help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '-k', '--keep-video',
+ action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
+ help='keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--no-post-overwrites',
+ action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
+ help='do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--embed-subs',
+ action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
+ help='embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4 videos)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--embed-thumbnail',
+ action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
+ help='embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--add-metadata',
+ action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
+ help='write metadata to the video file')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--xattrs',
+ action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
+ help='write metadata to the video file\'s xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)')
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--prefer-avconv',
+ action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)')
- postproc.add_option('--prefer-ffmpeg', action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
+ postproc.add_option(
+ '--prefer-ffmpeg',
+ action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors')
postproc.add_option(
- '--exec', metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
+ '--exec',
+ metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd',
help='Execute a command on the file after downloading, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'' )
parser.add_option_group(general)
if overrideArguments is not None:
opts, args = parser.parse_args(overrideArguments)
if opts.verbose:
- write_string(u'[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
+ write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
else:
commandLineConf = sys.argv[1:]
if '--ignore-config' in commandLineConf:
opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
if opts.verbose:
- write_string(u'[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(systemConf)) + '\n')
- write_string(u'[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(userConf)) + '\n')
- write_string(u'[debug] Command-line args: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(commandLineConf)) + '\n')
+ write_string('[debug] System config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(systemConf)) + '\n')
+ write_string('[debug] User config: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(userConf)) + '\n')
+ write_string('[debug] Command-line args: ' + repr(_hide_login_info(commandLineConf)) + '\n')
return parser, opts, args