Merge remote-tracking branch 'rupertbaxter2/master'

Conflicts:
	youtube_dl/__init__.py
	youtube_dl/downloader/common.py

4 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 8ef74e414..8f34b17b4 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     source_address:    (Experimental) Client-side IP address to bind to.
     call_home:         Boolean, true iff we are allowed to contact the
                        youtube-dl servers for debugging.
+    sleep_interval:    Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
 
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index ddf6260d1..ea1660452 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         if numeric_limit is None:
             parser.error('invalid rate limit specified')
         opts.ratelimit = numeric_limit
+    if opts.sleepinterval is not None:
+        try:
+            opts.sleepinterval = abs(int(opts.sleepinterval))
+        except ValueError:
+            parser.error(u'invalid sleep interval specified')
     if opts.min_filesize is not None:
         numeric_limit = FileDownloader.parse_bytes(opts.min_filesize)
         if numeric_limit is None:
@@ -267,6 +272,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames,
         'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors,
         'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit,
+        'sleepinterval': opts.sleepinterval,
         'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites,
         'retries': opts.retries,
         'buffersize': opts.buffersize,
@@ -329,6 +335,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'fixup': opts.fixup,
         'source_address': opts.source_address,
         'call_home': opts.call_home,
+        'sleep_interval': opts.sleep_interval,
     }
 
     with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
index de6b9311d..82c917d92 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         """Download to a filename using the info from info_dict
         Return True on success and False otherwise
         """
+
         nooverwrites_and_exists = (
             self.params.get('nooverwrites', False)
             and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(filename))
@@ -305,6 +306,11 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
             })
             return True
 
+        sleep_interval = self.params.get('sleep_interval')
+        if sleep_interval:
+            self.to_screen('[download] Sleeping %s seconds...' % sleep_interval)
+            time.sleep(sleep_interval)
+
         return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
 
     def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index fd7b400b2..12c9826f8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--bidi-workaround',
         dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
         help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
+    workarounds.add_option(
+        '--sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
+        dest='sleep_interval',
+        help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
 
     verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
     verbosity.add_option(