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diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 962aedbff..6daed5365 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
downloader.add_option('-r', '--rate-limit',
dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
+ downloader.add_option('--sleep-interval',
+ dest='sleepinterval', metavar='SLEEPINTERVAL', help='number of seconds to sleep between downloads (default is %default)', default="0")
downloader.add_option('-R', '--retries',
dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', help='number of retries (default is %default)', default=10)
downloader.add_option('--buffer-size',
@@ -674,6 +676,11 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
if numeric_limit is None:
parser.error(u'invalid rate limit specified')
opts.ratelimit = numeric_limit
+ if opts.sleepinterval is not None:
+ try:
+ opts.sleepinterval = abs(int(opts.sleepinterval))
+ except ValueError:
+ parser.error(u'invalid sleep interval specified')
if opts.min_filesize is not None:
numeric_limit = FileDownloader.parse_bytes(opts.min_filesize)
if numeric_limit is None:
@@ -770,6 +777,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames,
'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors,
'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit,
+ 'sleepinterval': opts.sleepinterval,
'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites,
'retries': opts.retries,
'buffersize': opts.buffersize,