Feature request - Filter commands by site

[sirylj]

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Feature request - Filter commands by site

A command line option filter that runs commands based on the site being used. e.g.

--match-site youtube.com --output template

would run any commands that come after it only if the site being used is youtube.com.

Multiple --match-site commands could be used to make templates for different sites (e.g. different --output commands for youtube.com and vimeo.com, etc.).

--match-site unlisted

would apply commands to sites not specifically listed by --match-site.

Support for any url structure.

Or add the same support options to --match-filter

[dstftw]

This is not how it's work. Explicit match site option does not make any sense since it's already filtered by input URL.

[sirylj]

It makes plenty of sense because there's a config file. Putting custom --output templates in the config file for different sites would make downloading videos a more streamlined process than having to change my --output configuration every time I download from a different url.