Access to info_dict before/after download/post-processing when embedding

[DavidVentura]

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I'm trying to get the exact filename that'll be written(merged) by youtube-dl. It's the same filename sent to debug when setting forcefilename to true on the options.

I want to access this:
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L1531

With youtube_dl.prepare_filename(result) I can get the merged filename without extension.. how do I get the extension?

[yan12125]

Sorry for the late response. In case you're still looking for a solution, here's a hacky version:

from __future__ import unicode_literals
import youtube_dl

filename = None


class Logger(object):
    def debug(self, message):
        global filename
        filename = message


ydl_opts = {
    'forcefilename': True,
    'simulate': True,
    'logger': Logger(),
}

with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
    ydl.extract_info('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc')

print(filename)

It would be great if embedders can access info_dict before/after downloading and post-processing...