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| author | Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com> | 2019-01-27 21:28:09 +0700 |
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| committer | Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com> | 2019-01-27 21:28:09 +0700 |
| commit | e71be6ee9f239308765443d49d91358fa306e48a (patch) | |
| tree | b7884b27ff587a99cd6574cb033e442aed593ded /CONTRIBUTING.md | |
| parent | bf8ebc9cfe1ae2b62baf2116f84748db03c4df7c (diff) | |
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index a71b045d0..6c1739860 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ Incorrect: 'PLMYEtVRpaqY00V9W81Cwmzp6N6vZqfUKD4' ``` -### Use safe conversion functions +### Use convenience conversion and parsing functions Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from [`youtube_dl/utils.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py): `int_or_none`, `float_or_none`. Use them for string to number conversions as well. @@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ Use `url_or_none` for safe URL processing. Use `try_get` for safe metadata extraction from parsed JSON. +Use `unified_strdate` for uniform `upload_date` or any `YYYYMMDD` meta field extraction, `unified_timestamp` for uniform `timestamp` extraction, `parse_filesize` for `filesize` extraction, `parse_count` for count meta fields extraction, `parse_resolution`, `parse_duration` for `duration` extraction, `parse_age_limit` for `age_limit` extraction. + Explore [`youtube_dl/utils.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py) for more useful convenience functions. #### More examples |