From dbd292c6218d113a58dc08a3cd3660d3204242b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Uhrig <peter@uhrig.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:27:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [dump-video-list-only] Add option to dump video list only
---
youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py | 5 +++++
youtube_dl/__init__.py | 1 +
youtube_dl/options.py | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 57f52f888..b4a1ea2a4 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -925,6 +925,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
ie_entries = ie_result['entries']
+ if self.params.get("dump_video_list_only", False):
+ # ie_entries is a generator, so it depletes when we iterate through it and no videos remain for download
+ for entry in ie_entries:
+ print(entry)
+
def make_playlistitems_entries(list_ie_entries):
num_entries = len(list_ie_entries)
return [
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 9d4859bcf..90d71c923 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
'forceformat': opts.getformat,
'forcejson': opts.dumpjson or opts.print_json,
'dump_single_json': opts.dump_single_json,
+ 'dump_video_list_only': opts.dump_video_list_only,
'simulate': opts.simulate or any_getting,
'skip_download': opts.skip_download,
'format': opts.format,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 1ffabc62b..1ad1adb18 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
'--get-id',
action='store_true', dest='getid', default=False,
help='Simulate, quiet but print id')
+ verbosity.add_option(
+ '--dump-video-list-only',
+ action='store_true', dest='dump_video_list_only', default=False,
+ help='Just dump the list of videos in a channel/playlist and do not perform other requests. Use together with -i and -q to obtain parseable JSON Lines format.')
verbosity.add_option(
'--get-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='getthumbnail', default=False,