Add --list-thumbnails

test/test_utils.py

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     urlencode_postdata,
     version_tuple,
     xpath_with_ns,
+    render_table,
 )
 
 
@@ -434,5 +435,15 @@ def test_is_html(self):
         self.assertTrue(is_html(  # UTF-32-LE
             b'\xFF\xFE\x00\x00<\x00\x00\x00h\x00\x00\x00t\x00\x00\x00m\x00\x00\x00l\x00\x00\x00>\x00\x00\x00\xe4\x00\x00\x00'))
 
+    def test_render_table(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            render_table(
+                ['a', 'bcd'],
+                [[123, 4], [9999, 51]]),
+            'a    bcd\n'
+            '123  4\n'
+            '9999 51')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     PostProcessingError,
     platform_name,
     preferredencoding,
+    render_table,
     SameFileError,
     sanitize_filename,
     std_headers,
@@ -221,6 +222,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        youtube-dl servers for debugging.
     sleep_interval:    Number of seconds to sleep before each download.
     external_downloader:  Executable of the external downloader to call.
+    listformats:       Print an overview of available video formats and exit.
+    list_thumbnails:   Print a table of all thumbnails and exit.
 
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
@@ -916,9 +919,14 @@ def process_video_result(self, info_dict, download=True):
             info_dict['playlist_index'] = None
 
         thumbnails = info_dict.get('thumbnails')
+        if thumbnails is None:
+            thumbnail = info_dict.get('thumbnail')
+            if thumbnail:
+                thumbnails = [{'url': thumbnail}]
         if thumbnails:
             thumbnails.sort(key=lambda t: (
-                t.get('width'), t.get('height'), t.get('url')))
+                t.get('preference'), t.get('width'), t.get('height'),
+                t.get('id'), t.get('url')))
             for t in thumbnails:
                 if 'width' in t and 'height' in t:
                     t['resolution'] = '%dx%d' % (t['width'], t['height'])
@@ -990,9 +998,12 @@ def process_video_result(self, info_dict, download=True):
             # element in the 'formats' field in info_dict is info_dict itself,
             # wich can't be exported to json
             info_dict['formats'] = formats
-        if self.params.get('listformats', None):
+        if self.params.get('listformats'):
             self.list_formats(info_dict)
             return
+        if self.params.get('list_thumbnails'):
+            self.list_thumbnails(info_dict)
+            return
 
         req_format = self.params.get('format')
         if req_format is None:
@@ -1500,8 +1511,26 @@ def line(format, idlen=20):
         header_line = line({
             'format_id': 'format code', 'ext': 'extension',
             'resolution': 'resolution', 'format_note': 'note'}, idlen=idlen)
-        self.to_screen('[info] Available formats for %s:\n%s\n%s' %
+        self.to_screen(
-                       (info_dict['id'], header_line, '\n'.join(formats_s)))
+            '[info] Available formats for %s:\n%s\n%s' %
+            (info_dict['id'], header_line, '\n'.join(formats_s)))
+
+    def list_thumbnails(self, info_dict):
+        thumbnails = info_dict.get('thumbnails')
+        if not thumbnails:
+            tn_url = info_dict.get('thumbnail')
+            if tn_url:
+                thumbnails = [{'id': '0', 'url': tn_url}]
+            else:
+                self.to_screen(
+                    '[info] No thumbnails present for %s' % info_dict['id'])
+                return
+
+        self.to_screen(
+            '[info] Thumbnails for %s:' % info_dict['id'])
+        self.to_screen(render_table(
+            ['ID', 'width', 'height', 'URL'],
+            [[t['id'], t.get('width', 'unknown'), t.get('height', 'unknown'), t['url']] for t in thumbnails]))
 
     def urlopen(self, req):
         """ Start an HTTP download """

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'call_home': opts.call_home,
         'sleep_interval': opts.sleep_interval,
         'external_downloader': opts.external_downloader,
+        'list_thumbnails': opts.list_thumbnails,
     }
 
     with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:

youtube_dl/extractor/common.py

@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     something like "4234987", title "Dancing naked mole rats",
                     and display_id "dancing-naked-mole-rats"
     thumbnails:     A list of dictionaries, with the following entries:
+                        * "id" (optional, string) - Thumbnail format ID
                         * "url"
+                        * "preference" (optional, int) - quality of the image
                         * "width" (optional, int)
                         * "height" (optional, int)
                         * "resolution" (optional, string "{width}x{height"},

youtube_dl/extractor/testtube.py

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import int_or_none
+from ..utils import (
+    int_or_none,
+    qualities,
+)
 
 
 class TestTubeIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -46,13 +49,22 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
         duration = int_or_none(info.get('duration'))
+        images = info.get('images')
+        thumbnails = None
+        preference = qualities(['mini', 'small', 'medium', 'large'])
+        if images:
+            thumbnails = [{
+                'id': thumbnail_id,
+                'url': img_url,
+                'preference': preference(thumbnail_id)
+            } for thumbnail_id, img_url in images.items()]
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
             'display_id': display_id,
             'title': info['title'],
             'description': info.get('summary'),
-            'thumbnail': info.get('images', {}).get('large'),
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
             'uploader': info.get('show', {}).get('name'),
             'uploader_id': info.get('show', {}).get('slug'),
             'duration': duration,

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -614,10 +614,6 @@ def _hide_login_info(opts):
         '--write-annotations',
         action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
         help='write video annotations to a .annotation file')
-    filesystem.add_option(
-        '--write-thumbnail',
-        action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
-        help='write thumbnail image to disk')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--load-info',
         dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
@@ -637,6 +633,16 @@ def _hide_login_info(opts):
         action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
         help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
 
+    thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail images')
+    thumbnail.add_option(
+        '--write-thumbnail',
+        action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
+        help='write thumbnail image to disk')
+    thumbnail.add_option(
+        '--list-thumbnails',
+        action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
+        help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
+
     postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
     postproc.add_option(
         '-x', '--extract-audio',
@@ -702,6 +708,7 @@ def _hide_login_info(opts):
     parser.add_option_group(selection)
     parser.add_option_group(downloader)
     parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
+    parser.add_option_group(thumbnail)
     parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
     parser.add_option_group(workarounds)
     parser.add_option_group(video_format)

youtube_dl/utils.py

@@ -1659,3 +1659,11 @@ def determine_protocol(info_dict):
         return 'f4m'
 
     return compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url).scheme
+
+
+def render_table(header_row, data):
+    """ Render a list of rows, each as a list of values """
+    table = [header_row] + data
+    max_lens = [max(len(compat_str(v)) for v in col) for col in zip(*table)]
+    format_str = ' '.join('%-' + compat_str(ml + 1) + 's' for ml in max_lens[:-1]) + '%s'
+    return '\n'.join(format_str % tuple(row) for row in table)