Implemented --exec option.

2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
index 08e6ddd00..59ab49e6d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from .ffmpeg import (
     FFmpegEmbedSubtitlePP,
 )
 from .xattrpp import XAttrMetadataPP
+from .execafterdownload import ExecAfterDownload
 
 __all__ = [
     'AtomicParsleyPP',
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ __all__ = [
     'FFmpegExtractAudioPP',
     'FFmpegEmbedSubtitlePP',
     'XAttrMetadataPP',
+    'ExecAfterDownload',
 ]
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..431ab7f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# ExecAfterDownload written by AaronM / mcd1992.
+# If there are any issues with this postprocessor please contact me via github or admin@fgthou.se
+
+import os, re, shlex
+from ..utils import PostProcessingError
+
+class ExecAfterDownload( object ):
+    _downloader = None
+
+    def __init__( self, downloader = None, commandString = None ):
+        self._downloader = downloader
+        self.commandString = commandString
+
+    def set_downloader( self, downloader ):
+        """Sets the downloader for this PP."""
+        self._downloader = downloader
+
+    def run( self, information ):
+        self.targetFile = information["filepath"]
+        self.finalCommand = None;
+
+        if( re.search( '{}', self.commandString ) ): # Find and replace all occurrences of {} with the file name.
+            self.finalCommand = re.sub( "{}", '\'' + self.targetFile + '\'', self.commandString )
+        else:
+            self.finalCommand = self.commandString + ' \'' + self.targetFile + '\''
+
+        if( self.finalCommand ):
+            print( "[exec] Executing command: " + self.finalCommand )
+            os.system( self.finalCommand )
+        else:
+            raise PostProcessingExecError( "Invalid syntax for --exec post processor" )
+
+        return None, information  # by default, keep file and do nothing
+
+class PostProcessingExecError( PostProcessingError ):
+    pass