source_address: (Experimental) Client-side IP address to bind to.
call_home: Boolean, true iff we are allowed to contact the
youtube-dl servers for debugging.
- sleep_interval: Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
+ sleep_interval: Minimum number of seconds to sleep before each download.
+ Sleep will be for a random interval if --max-sleep-interval is also passed.
+ max_sleep_interval:Max number of seconds to sleep before each download.
+ Sleep will be for a random interval if passed along with --min-sleep-interval
+ or --sleep-interval, otherwise ignored.
listformats: Print an overview of available video formats and exit.
list_thumbnails: Print a table of all thumbnails and exit.
match_filter: A function that gets called with the info_dict of
if numeric_limit is None:
parser.error('invalid max_filesize specified')
opts.max_filesize = numeric_limit
+ if opts.sleep_interval is not None:
+ if opts.sleep_interval < 0:
+ parser.error('sleep interval should not be negative')
+ elif opts.max_sleep_interval is not None:
+ if opts.max_sleep_interval < opts.sleep_interval:
+ parser.error('max sleep interval should not be less than sleep interval')
def parse_retries(retries):
if retries in ('inf', 'infinite'):
'source_address': opts.source_address,
'call_home': opts.call_home,
'sleep_interval': opts.sleep_interval,
+ 'max_sleep_interval': opts.max_sleep_interval,
'external_downloader': opts.external_downloader,
'list_thumbnails': opts.list_thumbnails,
'playlist_items': opts.playlist_items,
import re
import sys
import time
+import random
from ..compat import compat_os_name
from ..utils import (
})
return True
- sleep_interval = self.params.get('sleep_interval')
- if sleep_interval:
+ sleep_lower_bound = self.params.get('sleep_interval')
+ if sleep_lower_bound:
+ sleep_upper_bound = self.params.get('max_sleep_interval', sleep_lower_bound)
+ sleep_interval = random.uniform(sleep_lower_bound, sleep_upper_bound)
self.to_screen('[download] Sleeping %s seconds...' % sleep_interval)
time.sleep(sleep_interval)
dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
help='Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
workarounds.add_option(
- '--sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
+ '--sleep-interval', '--min-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
- help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
+ help='Minimum number of seconds to sleep before each download. Sleep will be for a random interval if '
+ '--max-sleep-interval is also passed.'
+ )
+ workarounds.add_option(
+ '--max-sleep-interval', metavar='SECONDS',
+ dest='max_sleep_interval', type=float,
+ help='Max number of seconds to sleep before each download. Sleep will be for a random interval if passed'
+ ' along with --min-sleep-interval or --sleep-interval, otherwise ignored.'
+ )
verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
verbosity.add_option(