From: Philipp Hagemeister Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 09:58:06 +0000 (+0100) Subject: [extractor/common] Document ie_key in url results X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f58766ce5cc5a1c6d651560591bad119787e94b2;p=youtube-dl [extractor/common] Document ie_key in url results --- diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py index 2faaf6226..cfd25cd21 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py @@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object): _type "url" indicates that the video must be extracted from another location, possibly by a different extractor. Its only required key is: "url" - the next URL to extract. - - Additionally, it may have properties believed to be identical to the - resolved entity, for example "title" if the title of the referred video is + The key "ie_key" can be set to the class name (minus the trailing "IE", + e.g. "Youtube") if the extractor class is known in advance. + Additionally, the dictionary may have any properties of the resolved entity + known in advance, for example "title" if the title of the referred video is known ahead of time.