[Cache] Add `clear` function

2 files changed, 43 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/test/test_cache.py b/test/test_cache.py
index 21dfb6cfc..0431f4f15 100644
--- a/test/test_cache.py
+++ b/test/test_cache.py
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ class TestCache(unittest.TestCase):
         new_version = '.'.join(('%0.2d' % ((v + 1) if i == 0 else v, )) for i, v in enumerate(version_tuple(__version__)))
         self.assertIs(c.load('test_cache', 'k.', min_ver=new_version), None)
 
+    def test_cache_clear(self):
+        ydl = FakeYDL({
+            'cachedir': self.test_dir,
+        })
+        c = Cache(ydl)
+        c.store('test_cache', 'k.', 'kay')
+        c.store('test_cache', 'l.', 'ell')
+        self.assertEqual(c.load('test_cache', 'k.'), 'kay')
+        c.clear('test_cache', 'k.')
+        self.assertEqual(c.load('test_cache', 'k.'), None)
+        self.assertEqual(c.load('test_cache', 'l.'), 'ell')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/youtube_dl/cache.py b/youtube_dl/cache.py
index ba12d0373..eb0a729c2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/cache.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/cache.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import errno
 import json
 import os
 import re
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import shutil
 import traceback
 
 from .compat import (
-    compat_contextlib_suppress,
     compat_getenv,
     compat_open as open,
     compat_os_makedirs,
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ class Cache(object):
             tb = traceback.format_exc()
             self._report_warning('Writing cache to {fn!r} failed: {tb}'.format(fn=fn, tb=tb))
 
+    def clear(self, section, key, dtype='json'):
+
+        if not self.enabled:
+            return
+
+        fn = self._get_cache_fn(section, key, dtype)
+        self._write_debug('Clearing {section}.{key} from cache'.format(section=section, key=key))
+        try:
+            os.remove(fn)
+        except Exception as e:
+            if getattr(e, 'errno') == errno.ENOENT:
+                # file not found
+                return
+            tb = traceback.format_exc()
+            self._report_warning('Clearing cache from {fn!r} failed: {tb}'.format(fn=fn, tb=tb))
+
     def _validate(self, data, min_ver):
         version = traverse_obj(data, self._VERSION_KEY)
         if not version:  # Backward compatibility
@@ -94,17 +110,21 @@ class Cache(object):
             return default
 
         cache_fn = self._get_cache_fn(section, key, dtype)
-        with compat_contextlib_suppress(IOError):  # If no cache available
+        try:
+            with open(cache_fn, encoding='utf-8') as cachef:
+                self._write_debug('Loading {section}.{key} from cache'.format(section=section, key=key), only_once=True)
+                return self._validate(json.load(cachef), min_ver)
+        except (ValueError, KeyError):
             try:
-                with open(cache_fn, encoding='utf-8') as cachef:
-                    self._write_debug('Loading {section}.{key} from cache'.format(section=section, key=key), only_once=True)
-                    return self._validate(json.load(cachef), min_ver)
-            except (ValueError, KeyError):
-                try:
-                    file_size = os.path.getsize(cache_fn)
-                except (OSError, IOError) as oe:
-                    file_size = error_to_compat_str(oe)
-                self._report_warning('Cache retrieval from %s failed (%s)' % (cache_fn, file_size))
+                file_size = 'size: %d' % os.path.getsize(cache_fn)
+            except (OSError, IOError) as oe:
+                file_size = error_to_compat_str(oe)
+            self._report_warning('Cache retrieval from %s failed (%s)' % (cache_fn, file_size))
+        except Exception as e:
+            if getattr(e, 'errno') == errno.ENOENT:
+                # no cache available
+                return
+            self._report_warning('Cache retrieval from %s failed' % (cache_fn,))
 
         return default