Merge pull request #2195 from dstftw/master

[youtube-dl.git] / youtube_dl / __init__.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 8f783a86c3218056cdb8d9f501fdc3d6278126ca..a948b1d90166efcc1181c868f17b0f254f7bdd11 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ __authors__  = (
     'Sergey M.',
     'Michael Orlitzky',
     'Chris Gahan',
+    'Saimadhav Heblikar',
 )
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
@@ -237,7 +238,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     selection.add_option('--download-archive', metavar='FILE',
                          dest='download_archive',
                          help='Download only videos not listed in the archive file. Record the IDs of all downloaded videos in it.')
-
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--include-ads', dest='include_ads',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
 
     authentication.add_option('-u', '--username',
             dest='username', metavar='USERNAME', help='account username')
@@ -715,6 +719,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'bidi_workaround': opts.bidi_workaround,
         'debug_printtraffic': opts.debug_printtraffic,
         'prefer_ffmpeg': opts.prefer_ffmpeg,
+        'include_ads': opts.include_ads,
     }
 
     with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: