From: Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <jaime.marquinez.ferrandiz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:57:53 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add --load-info option (#972)
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1dcc4c0cad886457c0fa5f874c38f95f0510ea4f;p=youtube-dl

Add --load-info option (#972)

It just calls the 'YoutubeDL.process_ie_result' with the dictionary from the json file
---

diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index b68b110a4..80c056dc8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -812,6 +812,12 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
         return self._download_retcode
 
+    def download_with_info_file(self, info_filename):
+        with open(info_filename, 'r') as f:
+            # TODO: Check for errors
+            info = json.load(f)
+        self.process_ie_result(info, download=True)
+
     def post_process(self, filename, ie_info):
         """Run all the postprocessors on the given file."""
         info = dict(ie_info)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index d2446b670..b0d9a6763 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames', default=False)
     filesystem.add_option('-a', '--batch-file',
             dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE', help='file containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
+    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('-w', '--no-overwrites',
             action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', help='do not overwrite files', default=False)
     filesystem.add_option('-c', '--continue',
@@ -706,14 +709,17 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             update_self(ydl.to_screen, opts.verbose)
 
         # Maybe do nothing
-        if len(all_urls) < 1:
+        if (len(all_urls) < 1) and (opts.load_info_filename is None):
             if not opts.update_self:
                 parser.error(u'you must provide at least one URL')
             else:
                 sys.exit()
 
         try:
-            retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
+            if opts.load_info_filename is not None:
+                retcode = ydl.download_with_info_file(opts.load_info_filename)
+            else:
+                retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
         except MaxDownloadsReached:
             ydl.to_screen(u'--max-download limit reached, aborting.')
             retcode = 101