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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py3
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index fd5a30a0c..d8d55d7d7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
forcethumbnail: Force printing thumbnail URL.
forcedescription: Force printing description.
forcefilename: Force printing final filename.
+ forcejson: Force printing json information.
simulate: Do not download the video files.
format: Video format code.
format_limit: Highest quality format to try.
@@ -651,6 +652,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
compat_print(filename)
if self.params.get('forceformat', False):
compat_print(info_dict['format'])
+ if self.params.get('forcejson', False):
+ compat_print(json.dumps(info_dict))
# Do nothing else if in simulate mode
if self.params.get('simulate', False):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index af4c9c5c4..7ab99bdd1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
verbosity.add_option('--get-format',
action='store_true', dest='getformat',
help='simulate, quiet but print output format', default=False)
+ verbosity.add_option('-j', '--dump-json',
+ action='store_true', dest='dumpjson',
+ help='simulate, quiet but print json information', default=False)
verbosity.add_option('--newline',
action='store_true', dest='progress_with_newline', help='output progress bar as new lines', default=False)
verbosity.add_option('--no-progress',
@@ -608,7 +611,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'username': opts.username,
'password': opts.password,
'videopassword': opts.videopassword,
- 'quiet': (opts.quiet or opts.geturl or opts.gettitle or opts.getid or opts.getthumbnail or opts.getdescription or opts.getfilename or opts.getformat),
+ 'quiet': (opts.quiet or opts.geturl or opts.gettitle or opts.getid or opts.getthumbnail or opts.getdescription or opts.getfilename or opts.getformat or opts.dumpjson),
'forceurl': opts.geturl,
'forcetitle': opts.gettitle,
'forceid': opts.getid,
@@ -616,8 +619,9 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'forcedescription': opts.getdescription,
'forcefilename': opts.getfilename,
'forceformat': opts.getformat,
+ 'forcejson': opts.dumpjson,
'simulate': opts.simulate,
- 'skip_download': (opts.skip_download or opts.simulate or opts.geturl or opts.gettitle or opts.getid or opts.getthumbnail or opts.getdescription or opts.getfilename or opts.getformat),
+ 'skip_download': (opts.skip_download or opts.simulate or opts.geturl or opts.gettitle or opts.getid or opts.getthumbnail or opts.getdescription or opts.getfilename or opts.getformat or opts.dumpjson),
'format': opts.format,
'format_limit': opts.format_limit,
'listformats': opts.listformats,