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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py9
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py1
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py4
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/options.py4
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 6e4b6f566..ef0f71bad 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
outtmpl: Template for output names.
restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
ignoreerrors: Do not stop on download errors.
+ force_generic_extractor: Force downloader to use the generic extractor
nooverwrites: Prevent overwriting files.
playliststart: Playlist item to start at.
playlistend: Playlist item to end at.
@@ -626,13 +627,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
info_dict.setdefault(key, value)
def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={},
- process=True):
+ process=True, force_generic_extractor=False):
'''
Returns a list with a dictionary for each video we find.
If 'download', also downloads the videos.
extra_info is a dict containing the extra values to add to each result
'''
+ if not ie_key and force_generic_extractor:
+ ie_key = 'Generic'
+
if ie_key:
ies = [self.get_info_extractor(ie_key)]
else:
@@ -1493,7 +1497,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
for url in url_list:
try:
# It also downloads the videos
- res = self.extract_info(url)
+ res = self.extract_info(
+ url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
except UnavailableVideoError:
self.report_error('unable to download video')
except MaxDownloadsReached:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index ace17857c..215b616de 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'autonumber_size': opts.autonumber_size,
'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames,
'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors,
+ 'force_generic_extractor': opts.force_generic_extractor,
'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit,
'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites,
'retries': opts_retries,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 5c03fddc6..7769ffc5c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -1014,7 +1014,9 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
}
if not self._downloader.params.get('test', False) and not is_intentional:
- self._downloader.report_warning('Falling back on generic information extractor.')
+ force = self._downloader.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False)
+ self._downloader.report_warning(
+ '%s on generic information extractor.' % ('Forcing' if force else 'Falling back'))
if not full_response:
request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 740458e51..6aeca61ee 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors')
general.add_option(
+ '--force-generic-extractor',
+ action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
+ help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
+ general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.')