From f58766ce5cc5a1c6d651560591bad119787e94b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philipp Hagemeister Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 10:58:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [extractor/common] Document ie_key in url results --- youtube_dl/extractor/common.py | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 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. -- 2.22.2