Merge 7003699995 into 668332b973

README.md

@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo
                                          write anything to disk
     --skip-download                      Do not download the video
     -g, --get-url                        Simulate, quiet but print URL
+    --get-manifest-url                   Simulate, quiet but print manifest URL
     -e, --get-title                      Simulate, quiet but print title
     --get-id                             Simulate, quiet but print id
     --get-thumbnail                      Simulate, quiet but print thumbnail URL

test/parameters.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "forcedescription": false, 
     "forcefilename": false, 
     "forceformat": false, 
+    "forcemanifesturl": false, 
     "forcethumbnail": false, 
     "forcetitle": false, 
     "forceurl": false, 

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     quiet:             Do not print messages to stdout.
     no_warnings:       Do not print out anything for warnings.
     forceurl:          Force printing final URL.
+    forcemanifesturl:  Force printing manifest URL.
     forcetitle:        Force printing title.
     forceid:           Force printing ID.
     forcethumbnail:    Force printing thumbnail URL.
@@ -1906,6 +1907,12 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             else:
                 # For RTMP URLs, also include the playpath
                 self.to_stdout(info_dict['url'] + info_dict.get('play_path', ''))
+        if self.params.get('forcemanifesturl', False) and not incomplete:
+            if info_dict.get('requested_formats') is not None:
+                for f in info_dict['requested_formats']:
+                    self.to_stdout(f['manifest_url'])
+            else:
+                self.to_stdout(info_dict['manifest_url'])
         print_optional('thumbnail')
         print_optional('description')
         if self.params.get('forcefilename', False) and filename is not None:

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
                      ' file! Use "{0}.%(ext)s" instead of "{0}" as the output'
                      ' template'.format(outtmpl))
 
-    any_getting = opts.geturl or opts.gettitle or opts.getid or opts.getthumbnail or opts.getdescription or opts.getfilename or opts.getformat or opts.getduration or opts.dumpjson or opts.dump_single_json
+    any_getting = opts.geturl or opts.getmanifesturl or opts.gettitle or opts.getid or opts.getthumbnail or opts.getdescription or opts.getfilename or opts.getformat or opts.getduration or opts.dumpjson or opts.dump_single_json
     any_printing = opts.print_json
     download_archive_fn = expand_path(opts.download_archive) if opts.download_archive is not None else opts.download_archive
 
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'quiet': (opts.quiet or any_getting or any_printing),
         'no_warnings': opts.no_warnings,
         'forceurl': opts.geturl,
+        'forcemanifesturl': opts.getmanifesturl,
         'forcetitle': opts.gettitle,
         'forceid': opts.getid,
         'forcethumbnail': opts.getthumbnail,

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -594,6 +594,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '-g', '--get-url',
         action='store_true', dest='geturl', default=False,
         help='Simulate, quiet but print URL')
+    verbosity.add_option(
+        '--get-manifest-url',
+        action='store_true', dest='getmanifesturl', default=False,
+        help='Simulate, quiet but print manifest URL')
     verbosity.add_option(
         '-e', '--get-title',
         action='store_true', dest='gettitle', default=False,