- general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL')
- general.add_option('--test', action='store_true', dest='test', default=False, help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
-
- selection.add_option('--playlist-start',
- dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', help='playlist video to start at (default is %default)', default=1)
- selection.add_option('--playlist-end',
- dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', help='playlist video to end at (default is last)', default=-1)
+ general.add_option('--extractor-descriptions',
+ action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions',
+ help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors', default=False)
+ general.add_option(
+ '--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
+ help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
+ general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',
+ help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',
+ help='Disable filesystem caching')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--socket-timeout', dest='socket_timeout',
+ type=float, default=None, help=u'Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--bidi-workaround', dest='bidi_workaround', action='store_true',
+ help=u'Work around terminals that lack bidirectional text support. Requires bidiv or fribidi executable in PATH')
+ general.add_option('--default-search',
+ dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
+ help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". By default (with value "auto") youtube-dl guesses.')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--ignore-config',
+ action='store_true',
+ help='Do not read configuration files. When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl.conf (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)')
+
+
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--playlist-start',
+ dest='playliststart', metavar='NUMBER', default=1, type=int,
+ help='playlist video to start at (default is %default)')
+ selection.add_option(
+ '--playlist-end',
+ dest='playlistend', metavar='NUMBER', default=None, type=int,
+ help='playlist video to end at (default is last)')