added parameter stopatfirst to stop downloading of further videos when video is not in daterange

README.md

@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo
                                      this date (i.e. inclusive)
     --dateafter DATE                 Download only videos uploaded on or after
                                      this date (i.e. inclusive)
+    --stopatfirst                    Stop downloading of further videos when the
+                                     first video is not in daterange
     --min-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with less than
                                      COUNT views
     --max-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with more than

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     _download_retcode = None
     _num_downloads = None
     _screen_file = None
+    _stopAtFirst = None
 
     def __init__(self, params=None, auto_init=True):
         """Create a FileDownloader object with the given options."""
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._download_retcode = 0
         self._num_downloads = 0
         self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)]
+        self._stopAtFirst = False
         self._err_file = sys.stderr
         self.params = {
             # Default parameters
@@ -733,7 +735,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         date = info_dict.get('upload_date')
         if date is not None:
             dateRange = self.params.get('daterange', DateRange())
+            stopAtFirst = self.params.get('stopatfirst')
             if date not in dateRange:
+                if stopAtFirst:
+                    self._stopAtFirst = True
                 return '%s upload date is not in range %s' % (date_from_str(date).isoformat(), dateRange)
         view_count = info_dict.get('view_count')
         if view_count is not None:
@@ -972,7 +977,12 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
             x_forwarded_for = ie_result.get('__x_forwarded_for_ip')
 
+            self._stopAtFirst = False
+
             for i, entry in enumerate(entries, 1):
+                if self._stopAtFirst:
+                    self.to_screen('[download] Stopped downloading because video was not in daterange')
+                    break
                 self.to_screen('[download] Downloading video %s of %s' % (i, n_entries))
                 # This __x_forwarded_for_ip thing is a bit ugly but requires
                 # minimal changes
@@ -1707,7 +1717,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         if reason is not None:
             self.to_screen('[download] ' + reason)
             return
-
+        
         self._num_downloads += 1
 
         info_dict['_filename'] = filename = self.prepare_filename(info_dict)

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'min_views': opts.min_views,
         'max_views': opts.max_views,
         'daterange': date,
+        'stopatfirst': opts.stopatfirst,
         'cachedir': opts.cachedir,
         'youtube_print_sig_code': opts.youtube_print_sig_code,
         'age_limit': opts.age_limit,

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--dateafter',
         metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None,
         help='Download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)')
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--stopatfirst',
+        action='store_true', dest='stopatfirst', default=False,
+        help='Stop downloading of further videos when the first video is not in daterange')
     selection.add_option(
         '--min-views',
         metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int,