[downloader] Lay groundwork for external downloaders.

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index fd7b400b2a67204c2378303fbf33d2d0a3470993..b38b8349fc58cb61cf78912406ad35194c0639dc 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import optparse
 import shlex
 import sys
 
+from .downloader.external import list_external_downloaders
 from .compat import (
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_getenv,
@@ -389,6 +390,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--playlist-reverse',
         action='store_true',
         help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
+    downloader.add_option(
+        '--external-downloader',
+        dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
+        help='(experimental) Use the specified external downloader. '
+             'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
 
     workarounds = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Workarounds')
     workarounds.add_option(
@@ -421,6 +427,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--bidi-workaround',
         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',
+        dest='sleep_interval', type=float,
+        help='Number of seconds to sleep before each download.')
 
     verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity / Simulation Options')
     verbosity.add_option(