Can I get youtube-dl to write the details to a log file?

[nickyost]

I am very experienced with PHP and ColdFusion, but python is new. Is there any way I can get the script to write all the details to a file, like the uploader and description? If possible, in JSON would be great!

What options do I have?

[dstftw]

You can use --write-info-json options like this: youtube-dl --write-info-json http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc

This will create video_name.info.json file containing all metadata available.

[nickyost]

That sounds great! Very surprised for the quick response, and I really appreciate it!

[dstftw]

You are very welcome. Do not hesitate to open new issue if you will have more questions/bugreports.