information about the video (or videos) the URL refers to. This
information includes the real video URL, the video title, author and
others. The information is stored in a dictionary which is then
- passed to the FileDownloader. The FileDownloader processes this
+ passed to the YoutubeDL. The YoutubeDL processes this
information possibly downloading the video to the file system, among
other possible outcomes.
by this field, regardless of all other values.
-1 for default (order by other properties),
-2 or smaller for less than default.
+ < -1000 to hide the format (if there is
+ another one which is strictly better)
* language_preference Is this in the correct requested
language?
10 if it's what the URL is about,
The following fields are optional:
+ alt_title: A secondary title of the video.
display_id An alternative identifier for the video, not necessarily
unique, but available before title. Typically, id is
something like "4234987", title "Dancing naked mole rats",
* "resolution" (optional, string "{width}x{height"},
deprecated)
thumbnail: Full URL to a video thumbnail image.
- description: One-line video description.
+ description: Full video description.
uploader: Full name of the video uploader.
timestamp: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available.
upload_date: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD).
url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal)
if (not fatal) and json_string is False:
return None
+ return self._parse_json(
+ json_string, video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal)
+
+ def _parse_json(self, json_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True):
if transform_source:
json_string = transform_source(json_string)
try:
if display_name is None:
display_name = name
return self._html_search_regex(
- r'''(?ix)<meta
+ r'''(?isx)<meta
(?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property)=(["\']?)%s\1)
[^>]+content=(["\'])(?P<content>.*?)\1''' % re.escape(name),
html, display_name, fatal=fatal, group='content', **kwargs)