Add --xattr-set-filesize option (Fixes #1348)

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
     the FileDownloader:
     nopart, updatetime, buffersize, ratelimit, min_filesize, max_filesize, test,
-    noresizebuffer, retries, continuedl, noprogress, consoletitle
+    noresizebuffer, retries, continuedl, noprogress, consoletitle,
+    xattr_set_filesize.
 
     The following options are used by the post processors:
     prefer_ffmpeg:     If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             'verboseOutput': opts.verbose,
             'exec_cmd': opts.exec_cmd,
         })
+    if opts.xattr_set_filesize:
+        try:
+            import xattr
+        except ImportError:
+            parser.error('setting filesize xattr requested but python-xattr is not available')
 
     ydl_opts = {
         'usenetrc': opts.usenetrc,
@@ -337,6 +342,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'external_downloader': opts.external_downloader,
         'list_thumbnails': opts.list_thumbnails,
         'playlist_items': opts.playlist_items,
+        'xattr_set_filesize': opts.xattr_set_filesize,
     }
 
     with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:

youtube_dl/downloader/common.py

@@ -25,21 +25,23 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
 
     Available options:
 
-    verbose:           Print additional info to stdout.
-    quiet:             Do not print messages to stdout.
-    ratelimit:         Download speed limit, in bytes/sec.
-    retries:           Number of times to retry for HTTP error 5xx
-    buffersize:        Size of download buffer in bytes.
-    noresizebuffer:    Do not automatically resize the download buffer.
-    continuedl:        Try to continue downloads if possible.
-    noprogress:        Do not print the progress bar.
-    logtostderr:       Log messages to stderr instead of stdout.
-    consoletitle:      Display progress in console window's titlebar.
-    nopart:            Do not use temporary .part files.
-    updatetime:        Use the Last-modified header to set output file timestamps.
-    test:              Download only first bytes to test the downloader.
-    min_filesize:      Skip files smaller than this size
-    max_filesize:      Skip files larger than this size
+    verbose:            Print additional info to stdout.
+    quiet:              Do not print messages to stdout.
+    ratelimit:          Download speed limit, in bytes/sec.
+    retries:            Number of times to retry for HTTP error 5xx
+    buffersize:         Size of download buffer in bytes.
+    noresizebuffer:     Do not automatically resize the download buffer.
+    continuedl:         Try to continue downloads if possible.
+    noprogress:         Do not print the progress bar.
+    logtostderr:        Log messages to stderr instead of stdout.
+    consoletitle:       Display progress in console window's titlebar.
+    nopart:             Do not use temporary .part files.
+    updatetime:         Use the Last-modified header to set output file timestamps.
+    test:               Download only first bytes to test the downloader.
+    min_filesize:       Skip files smaller than this size
+    max_filesize:       Skip files larger than this size
+    xattr_set_filesize: Set ytdl.filesize user xattribute with expected size.
+                        (experimenatal)
 
     Subclasses of this one must re-define the real_download method.
     """

youtube_dl/downloader/http.py

@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
                 except (OSError, IOError) as err:
                     self.report_error('unable to open for writing: %s' % str(err))
                     return False
+
+                if self.params.get('xattr_set_filesize', False) and data_len is not None:
+                    try:
+                        import xattr
+                        xattr.setxattr(tmpfilename, 'user.ytdl.filesize', str(data_len))
+                    except(OSError, IOError, ImportError) as err:
+                        self.report_error('unable to set filesize xattr: %s' % str(err))
+
             try:
                 stream.write(data_block)
             except (IOError, OSError) as err:

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--playlist-reverse',
         action='store_true',
         help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
+    downloader.add_option(
+        '--xattr-set-filesize',
+        dest='xattr_set_filesize', action='store_true',
+        help='(experimental) set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--external-downloader',
         dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',