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@@ -1168,7 +1168,28 @@ title = self._search_regex( ### Use safe conversion functions -Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from `utils`: `int_or_none`, `float_or_none`. Use them for string to number conversions as well. +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. + +Use `url_or_none` for safe URL processing. + +Use `try_get` for safe metadata extraction from parsed JSON. + +Explore [`youtube_dl/utils.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py) for more useful convenience functions. + +#### More examples + +##### Safely extract optional description from parsed JSON +```python +description = try_get(response, lambda x: x['result']['video'][0]['summary'], compat_str) +``` + +##### Safely extract more optional metadata +```python +video = try_get(response, lambda x: x['result']['video'][0], dict) or {} +description = video.get('summary') +duration = float_or_none(video.get('durationMs'), scale=1000) +view_count = int_or_none(video.get('views')) +``` # EMBEDDING YOUTUBE-DL |