[bug] archive file not being created when initially using youtube-dl library

[vxbinaca]

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2016.07.17
• At least skimmed through README and most notably FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)

I maintain tubeup, which uses youtube-dl to upload videos to the Internet Archive.

I've specified a location for the download file and video output location:

    ydl_opts = {
        'outtmpl': '~/.tubeup/downloads/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s',
        'download_archive': '~/.tubeup/downloads/.ytdlarchive',

This is the result:

tubeup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKyQj0UAsg
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.07.16
[debug] Python version 3.5.1+ - Linux-4.4.0-31-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: avconv 2.8.6-1ubuntu2, avprobe 2.8.6-1ubuntu2, ffmpeg 2.8.6-1ubuntu2, ffprobe 2.8.6-1ubuntu2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
{'downloaded_bytes': 8911347, '_total_bytes_str': '8.50MiB', 'elapsed': 1.9620885848999023, 'filename': '/home/vxbinaca/.tubeup/downloads/YTPMV_Sourcegore-6VKyQj0UAsg.f134.mp4', '_elapsed_str': '00:01', 'status': 'finished', 'total_bytes': 8911347}
:: Downloaded: /home/vxbinaca/.tubeup/downloads/YTPMV_Sourcegore-6VKyQj0UAsg.f134.mp4...
{'downloaded_bytes': 2790717, '_total_bytes_str': '2.66MiB', 'elapsed': 0.7879514694213867, 'filename': '/home/vxbinaca/.tubeup/downloads/YTPMV_Sourcegore-6VKyQj0UAsg.f251.webm', '_elapsed_str': '00:00', 'status': 'finished', 'total_bytes': 2790717}
:: Downloaded: /home/vxbinaca/.tubeup/downloads/YTPMV_Sourcegore-6VKyQj0UAsg.f251.webm...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tubeup", line 238, in <module>
    main()
  File "tubeup", line 223, in main
    download(URLs, proxy_url)
  File "tubeup", line 98, in download
    ydl.download(URLs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1775, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 693, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 739, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1421, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1761, in process_info
    self.record_download_archive(info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1868, in record_download_archive
    with locked_file(fn, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as archive_file:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1408, in __init__
    self.f = io.open(filename, mode, encoding=encoding)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '~/.tubeup/downloads/.ytdlarchive'

The folders exist to it, but the file doesn't exist and isn't created by youtube-dl when initially run using the library, but the script creates it if I recall. Youtube-dl also makes the folder for downloads if there isn't one. But for some reason, the archive file must pre-exist for it to write to it and won't be created if there is none.

What I'm looking for is a rule where: If theres no archive file in the specified location, create one. If there is one, append to it.

I'd just like the library to create a file is there isn't one already in place is all.

Edit:

It also doesn't use it when I create it.

[yan12125]

Python doesn't automatically transform ~ into /home/xyz. You need os.path.expanduser.