Add --max-sleep-interval (Closes #9930)

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / YoutubeDL.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 6551f086f8d8985f5a33dc56906c5a5722b603bb..82b77783d27e496e04c0c743e56b750cd824e12d 100755 (executable)
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     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