Merge 64fc2681caf6e0488b66c0704abaa3baa24bed2a into 4e714f9df1ed2cccd51df60d45ff5504abe827b7

* thx seproDev, yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/12694/commits/ae69e3c
* also add documenting comment in `InfoExtractor`

README.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo
 # DESCRIPTION
 **youtube-dl** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 
-    youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
+    youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URLS
 
 # OPTIONS
     -h, --help                           Print this help text and exit

youtube_dl/extractor/bokecc.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class BokeCCBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class BokeCCIE(BokeCCBaseIE):
-    _IE_DESC = 'CC视频'
+    IE_DESC = 'CC视频'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://union\.bokecc\.com/playvideo\.bo\?(?P<query>.*)'
 
     _TESTS = [{

youtube_dl/extractor/cloudy.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class CloudyIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _IE_DESC = 'cloudy.ec'
+    IE_DESC = 'cloudy.ec'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?cloudy\.ec/(?:v/|embed\.php\?.*?\bid=)(?P<id>[A-Za-z0-9]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.cloudy.ec/v/af511e2527aac',

youtube_dl/extractor/common.py

@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     _GEO_COUNTRIES = None
     _GEO_IP_BLOCKS = None
     _WORKING = True
+    # supply this in public subclasses: used in supported sites list, etc
+    # IE_DESC = 'short description of IE'
 
     def __init__(self, downloader=None):
         """Constructor. Receives an optional downloader."""

youtube_dl/extractor/itv.py

@@ -35,15 +35,6 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class ITVBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
-    def _search_nextjs_data(self, webpage, video_id, **kw):
-        transform_source = kw.pop('transform_source', None)
-        fatal = kw.pop('fatal', True)
-        return self._parse_json(
-            self._search_regex(
-                r'''<script\b[^>]+\bid=('|")__NEXT_DATA__\1[^>]*>(?P<js>[^<]+)</script>''',
-                webpage, 'next.js data', group='js', fatal=fatal, **kw),
-            video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal)
-
     def __handle_request_webpage_error(self, err, video_id=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
         if errnote is False:
             return False
@@ -109,7 +100,9 @@ class ITVBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class ITVIE(ITVBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?itv\.com/(?:(?P<w>watch)|hub)/[^/]+/(?(w)[\w-]+/)(?P<id>\w+)'
-    _IE_DESC = 'ITVX'
+    IE_DESC = 'ITVX'
+    _WORKING = False
+
     _TESTS = [{
         'note': 'Hub URLs redirect to ITVX',
         'url': 'https://www.itv.com/hub/liar/2a4547a0012',
@@ -270,7 +263,7 @@ class ITVIE(ITVBaseIE):
                 'ext': determine_ext(href, 'vtt'),
             })
 
-        next_data = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id, fatal=False, default='{}')
+        next_data = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id, fatal=False, default={})
         video_data.update(traverse_obj(next_data, ('props', 'pageProps', ('title', 'episode')), expected_type=dict)[0] or {})
         title = traverse_obj(video_data, 'headerTitle', 'episodeTitle')
         info = self._og_extract(webpage, require_title=not title)
@@ -323,7 +316,7 @@ class ITVIE(ITVBaseIE):
 
 class ITVBTCCIE(ITVBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?itv\.com/(?!(?:watch|hub)/)(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>[^/?#&]+)'
-    _IE_DESC = 'ITV articles: News, British Touring Car Championship'
+    IE_DESC = 'ITV articles: News, British Touring Car Championship'
     _TESTS = [{
         'note': 'British Touring Car Championship',
         'url': 'https://www.itv.com/btcc/articles/btcc-2018-all-the-action-from-brands-hatch',

youtube_dl/extractor/senateisvp.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class SenateISVPIE(InfoExtractor):
         ['vetaff', '76462', 'http://vetaff-f.akamaihd.net'],
         ['arch', '', 'http://ussenate-f.akamaihd.net/']
     ]
-    _IE_NAME = 'senate.gov'
+    IE_NAME = 'senate.gov'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?senate\.gov/isvp/?\?(?P<qs>.+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.senate.gov/isvp/?comm=judiciary&type=live&stt=&filename=judiciary031715&auto_play=false&wmode=transparent&poster=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.judiciary.senate.gov%2Fthemes%2Fjudiciary%2Fimages%2Fvideo-poster-flash-fit.png',

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     kw = {
         'version': __version__,
         'formatter': fmt,
-        'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]',
+        'usage': '%prog [OPTIONS] URLS',
         'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
     }