Add --max-sleep-interval (Closes #9930)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
index 1dba9f49a..8e377c72c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 import time
+import random
 
 from ..compat import compat_os_name
 from ..utils import (
@@ -342,8 +343,10 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
             })
             return True
 
-        sleep_interval = self.params.get('sleep_interval')
-        if sleep_interval:
+        sleep_lower_bound = self.params.get('sleep_interval')
+        if sleep_lower_bound:
+            sleep_upper_bound = self.params.get('max_sleep_interval', sleep_lower_bound)
+            sleep_interval = random.uniform(sleep_lower_bound, sleep_upper_bound)
             self.to_screen('[download] Sleeping %s seconds...' % sleep_interval)
             time.sleep(sleep_interval)