commit d67b0b15964c3f335e47a291b274e07129ac199d
parent d7dda1688886284b17c35be200d980f24c2546d2
Author: Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:13:40 +0100
Reorder info_dict documentation
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -35,14 +35,38 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
id: Video identifier.
title: Video title, unescaped.
+
+ Additionally, it must contain either a formats entry or url and ext:
+
+ formats: A list of dictionaries for each format available, it must
+ be ordered from worst to best quality. Potential fields:
+ * url Mandatory. The URL of the video file
+ * ext Will be calculated from url if missing
+ * format A human-readable description of the format
+ ("mp4 container with h264/opus").
+ Calculated from the format_id, width, height.
+ and format_note fields if missing.
+ * format_id A short description of the format
+ ("mp4_h264_opus" or "19")
+ * format_note Additional info about the format
+ ("3D" or "DASH video")
+ * width Width of the video, if known
+ * height Height of the video, if known
+ * abr Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
+ * acodec Name of the audio codec in use
+ * vbr Average video bitrate in KBit/s
+ * vcodec Name of the video codec in use
+ * filesize The number of bytes, if known in advance
+ * player_url SWF Player URL (used for rtmpdump).
url: Final video URL.
ext: Video filename extension.
-
- Instead of url and ext, formats can also specified.
+ format: The video format, defaults to ext (used for --get-format)
+ player_url: SWF Player URL (used for rtmpdump).
+ urlhandle: [internal] The urlHandle to be used to download the file,
+ like returned by urllib.request.urlopen
The following fields are optional:
- format: The video format, defaults to ext (used for --get-format)
thumbnails: A list of dictionaries (with the entries "resolution" and
"url") for the varying thumbnails
thumbnail: Full URL to a video thumbnail image.
@@ -51,7 +75,6 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
upload_date: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD).
uploader_id: Nickname or id of the video uploader.
location: Physical location of the video.
- player_url: SWF Player URL (used for rtmpdump).
subtitles: The subtitle file contents as a dictionary in the format
{language: subtitles}.
duration: Length of the video in seconds, as an integer.
@@ -59,28 +82,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
like_count: Number of positive ratings of the video
dislike_count: Number of negative ratings of the video
comment_count: Number of comments on the video
- urlhandle: [internal] The urlHandle to be used to download the file,
- like returned by urllib.request.urlopen
age_limit: Age restriction for the video, as an integer (years)
- formats: A list of dictionaries for each format available, it must
- be ordered from worst to best quality. Potential fields:
- * url Mandatory. The URL of the video file
- * ext Will be calculated from url if missing
- * format A human-readable description of the format
- ("mp4 container with h264/opus").
- Calculated from the format_id, width, height.
- and format_note fields if missing.
- * format_id A short description of the format
- ("mp4_h264_opus" or "19")
- * format_note Additional info about the format
- ("3D" or "DASH video")
- * width Width of the video, if known
- * height Height of the video, if known
- * abr Average audio bitrate in KBit/s
- * acodec Name of the audio codec in use
- * vbr Average video bitrate in KBit/s
- * vcodec Name of the video codec in use
- * filesize The number of bytes, if known in advance
webpage_url: The url to the video webpage, if given to youtube-dl it
should allow to get the same result again. (It will be set
by YoutubeDL if it's missing)
