Add regex to --match-filter

This does not fully deprecate `--match-title`/`--reject-title`
since `--match-filter` is only checked after the extraction is complete,
while `--match-title` can often be checked from the flat playlist.

Fixes: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/9092, https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/23035
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pukkandan
2021-08-05 03:01:23 +05:30
parent 77b87f0519
commit a047eeb6d2
4 changed files with 82 additions and 43 deletions

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@@ -378,13 +378,14 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
'Generic video filter. Any field (see "OUTPUT TEMPLATE") can be compared with a '
'number or a string using the operators defined in "Filtering formats". '
'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present '
'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. '
'Multiple filters can be checked using "&". '
'For example, to only match videos that are not live, '
'has a like count more than 100, a dislike count less than 50 '
'(or the dislike field is not available), and also has a description '
'that contains "python", use --match-filter "!is_live & '
'like_count>100 & dislike_count<?50 & description*=\'python\'"'))
'and "!field" to check if the field is not present. In addition, '
'Python style regular expression matching can be done using "~=", '
'and multiple filters can be checked with "&". '
'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. Eg: --match-filter '
r'"!is_live & like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\bcats \& dogs\b\'" '
'matches only videos that are not live, has a like count more than 100 '
'(or the like field is not available), and also has a description '
'that contains the phrase "cats & dogs" (ignoring case)'))
selection.add_option(
'--no-match-filter',
metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,