Merge pull request #2553 from anisse/master

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / extractor / common.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 080c9bdfada0440201a85027ddbb34772d09b28f..78f238f8428c5df0fce2dcc26f66b1301595e62b 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                                  "http", "https", "rtsp", "rtmp", "m3u8" or so.
                     * preference Order number of this format. If this field is
                                  present and not None, the formats get sorted
-                                 by this field.
+                                 by this field, regardless of all other values.
                                  -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                  -2 or smaller for less than default.
                     * quality    Order number of the video quality of this
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     thumbnail:      Full URL to a video thumbnail image.
     description:    One-line 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).
+                    If not explicitly set, calculated from timestamp.
     uploader_id:    Nickname or id of the video uploader.
     location:       Physical location of the video.
     subtitles:      The subtitle file contents as a dictionary in the format
@@ -118,9 +120,6 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     _real_extract() methods and define a _VALID_URL regexp.
     Probably, they should also be added to the list of extractors.
 
-    _real_extract() must return a *list* of information dictionaries as
-    described above.
-
     Finally, the _WORKING attribute should be set to False for broken IEs
     in order to warn the users and skip the tests.
     """
@@ -436,14 +435,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         if secure: regexes = self._og_regexes('video:secure_url') + regexes
         return self._html_search_regex(regexes, html, name, **kargs)
 
-    def _html_search_meta(self, name, html, display_name=None):
+    def _html_search_meta(self, name, html, display_name=None, fatal=False):
         if display_name is None:
             display_name = name
         return self._html_search_regex(
             r'''(?ix)<meta
                     (?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property)=["\']%s["\'])
                     [^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']''' % re.escape(name),
-            html, display_name, fatal=False)
+            html, display_name, fatal=fatal)
 
     def _dc_search_uploader(self, html):
         return self._html_search_meta('dc.creator', html, 'uploader')