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| -rwxr-xr-x | youtube-dl | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl index adb4234c7..7323ad4f2 100755 --- a/youtube-dl +++ b/youtube-dl @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object): password: Password for authentication purposes. usenetrc: Use netrc for authentication instead. quiet: Do not print messages to stdout. + simulate: Do not download the video files. format: Video format code. outtmpl: Template for output names. """ @@ -162,6 +163,9 @@ class FileDownloader(object): if (len(url_list) > 1 or len(results) > 1) and re.search(r'%\(.+?\)s', self._params['outtmpl']) is None: sys.exit('ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download') + if self._params.get('simulate', False): + continue + for result in results: try: filename = self._params['outtmpl'] % result @@ -435,6 +439,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__': 'username': None, 'password': None, 'quiet': False, + 'simulate': True, 'format': None, 'outtmpl': '%(id)s.%(ext)s' }) |