X-Git-Url: https://git.rapsys.eu/youtubedl/blobdiff_plain/684fbbb940adb6ea4043bc437e527888687a53da..4fbf6829491780534e93bd27e5a749e608c97b46:/README.md?ds=inline diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8c48a30..4f54a52 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -752,8 +752,8 @@ As a last resort, you can also uninstall the version installed by your package m Afterwards, simply follow [our manual installation instructions](https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html): ``` -sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl -sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl +sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl +sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl hash -r ``` @@ -835,7 +835,9 @@ In February 2015, the new YouTube player contained a character sequence in a str ### HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required -These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--source-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address. +These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Usually this is a soft block meaning that you can gain access again after solving CAPTCHA. Just open a browser and solve a CAPTCHA the service suggests you and after that [pass cookies](#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-youtube-dl) to youtube-dl. Note that if your machine has multiple external IPs then you should also pass exactly the same IP you've used for solving CAPTCHA with [`--source-address`](#network-options). Also you may need to pass a `User-Agent` HTTP header of your browser with [`--user-agent`](#workarounds). + +If this is not the case (no CAPTCHA suggested to solve by the service) then you can contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--source-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address. ### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character @@ -1216,6 +1218,72 @@ Incorrect: 'PLMYEtVRpaqY00V9W81Cwmzp6N6vZqfUKD4' ``` +### Inline values + +Extracting variables is acceptable for reducing code duplication and improving readability of complex expressions. However, you should avoid extracting variables used only once and moving them to opposite parts of the extractor file, which makes reading the linear flow difficult. + +#### Example + +Correct: + +```python +title = self._html_search_regex(r'([^<]+)', webpage, 'title') +``` + +Incorrect: + +```python +TITLE_RE = r'([^<]+)' +# ...some lines of code... +title = self._html_search_regex(TITLE_RE, webpage, 'title') +``` + +### Collapse fallbacks + +Multiple fallback values can quickly become unwieldy. Collapse multiple fallback values into a single expression via a list of patterns. + +#### Example + +Good: + +```python +description = self._html_search_meta( + ['og:description', 'description', 'twitter:description'], + webpage, 'description', default=None) +``` + +Unwieldy: + +```python +description = ( + self._og_search_description(webpage, default=None) + or self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, default=None) + or self._html_search_meta('twitter:description', webpage, default=None)) +``` + +Methods supporting list of patterns are: `_search_regex`, `_html_search_regex`, `_og_search_property`, `_html_search_meta`. + +### Trailing parentheses + +Always move trailing parentheses after the last argument. + +#### Example + +Correct: + +```python + lambda x: x['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['VideoUrlSet']['VideoUrl'], + list) +``` + +Incorrect: + +```python + lambda x: x['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['VideoUrlSet']['VideoUrl'], + list, +) +``` + ### Use convenience conversion and parsing functions Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from [`youtube_dl/utils.py`](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/utils.py): `int_or_none`, `float_or_none`. Use them for string to number conversions as well.