Add display_id field

2014-03-03 12:06:28 +01:00
parent dcdfd1c711
commit 0afef30b23
2 changed files with 7 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):

    The following fields are optional:

+    display_id      An alternative identifier for the video, not necessarily
+                    unique, but available before title. Typically, id is
+                    something like "4234987", title "Dancing naked mole rats",
+                    and display_id "dancing-naked-mole-rats"
    thumbnails:     A list of dictionaries (with the entries "resolution" and
                    "url") for the varying thumbnails
    thumbnail:      Full URL to a video thumbnail image.