diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index 4fbe7bd7e7..26f18bddab 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ def detect_variant():
_NON_UPDATEABLE_REASONS = {
'exe': None,
'zip': None,
- 'dir': 'Auto-update is not supported for unpackaged windows executable. Re-download the latest release',
- 'py2exe': 'There is no official release for py2exe executable. Build it again with the latest source code',
- 'source': 'You cannot update when running from source code',
- 'unknown': 'It looks like you installed yt-dlp with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball. Use that to update',
+ 'dir': 'Auto-update is not supported for unpackaged windows executable; Re-download the latest release',
+ 'py2exe': 'There is no official release for py2exe executable; Build it again with the latest source code',
+ 'source': 'You cannot update when running from source code; Use git to pull the latest changes',
+ 'unknown': 'It looks like you installed yt-dlp with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball; Use that to update',
}
@@ -59,40 +59,6 @@ def is_non_updateable():
return _NON_UPDATEABLE_REASONS.get(detect_variant(), _NON_UPDATEABLE_REASONS['unknown'])
-def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
- ''' Exists for backward compatibility. Use run_update(ydl) instead '''
-
- printfn = to_screen
-
- class FakeYDL():
- _opener = opener
- to_screen = printfn
-
- @staticmethod
- def report_warning(msg, *args, **kwargs):
- return printfn('WARNING: %s' % msg, *args, **kwargs)
-
- @staticmethod
- def report_error(msg, tb=None):
- printfn('ERROR: %s' % msg)
- if not verbose:
- return
- if tb is None:
- # Copied from YoutubeDl.trouble
- if sys.exc_info()[0]:
- tb = ''
- if hasattr(sys.exc_info()[1], 'exc_info') and sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info[0]:
- tb += ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info))
- tb += encode_compat_str(traceback.format_exc())
- else:
- tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())
- tb = ''.join(tb_data)
- if tb:
- printfn(tb)
-
- return run_update(FakeYDL())
-
-
def run_update(ydl):
"""
Update the program file with the latest version from the repository
@@ -101,10 +67,17 @@ def run_update(ydl):
JSON_URL = 'https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest'
- def report_error(msg, network=False, expected=False, delim=';'):
- if network:
- msg += '%s Visit https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest' % delim
- ydl.report_error(msg, tb='' if network or expected else None)
+ def report_error(msg, expected=False):
+ ydl.report_error(msg, tb='' if expected else None)
+
+ def report_unable(action, expected=False):
+ report_error(f'Unable to {action}', expected)
+
+ def report_permission_error(file):
+ report_unable(f'write to {file}; Try running as administrator', True)
+
+ def report_network_error(action, delim=';'):
+ report_unable(f'{action}{delim} Visit https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest', True)
def calc_sha256sum(path):
h = hashlib.sha256()
@@ -120,7 +93,7 @@ def run_update(ydl):
version_info = ydl._opener.open(JSON_URL).read().decode('utf-8')
version_info = json.loads(version_info)
except Exception:
- return report_error('can\'t obtain versions info. Please try again later ', True, delim='or')
+ return report_network_error('obtain version info', delim='; Please try again later or')
def version_tuple(version_str):
return tuple(map(int, version_str.split('.')))
@@ -133,7 +106,7 @@ def run_update(ydl):
err = is_non_updateable()
if err:
ydl.to_screen(f'Latest version: {version_id}, Current version: {__version__}')
- return report_error(err, expected=True)
+ return report_error(err, True)
# sys.executable is set to the full pathname of the exe-file for py2exe
# though symlinks are not followed so that we need to do this manually
@@ -163,55 +136,57 @@ def run_update(ydl):
return dict(ln.split()[::-1] for ln in hash_data.splitlines()).get(filename)
if not os.access(filename, os.W_OK):
- return report_error('no write permissions on %s' % filename, expected=True)
+ return report_permission_error(filename)
# PyInstaller
if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
exe = filename
directory = os.path.dirname(exe)
if not os.access(directory, os.W_OK):
- return report_error('no write permissions on %s' % directory, expected=True)
+ return report_permission_error(directory)
try:
if os.path.exists(filename + '.old'):
os.remove(filename + '.old')
except (IOError, OSError):
- return report_error('unable to remove the old version')
+ return report_unable('remove the old version')
try:
arch = platform.architecture()[0][:2]
url = get_bin_info('exe', arch).get('browser_download_url')
if not url:
- return report_error('unable to fetch updates', True)
+ return report_network_error('fetch updates')
urlh = ydl._opener.open(url)
newcontent = urlh.read()
urlh.close()
- except (IOError, OSError, StopIteration):
- return report_error('unable to download latest version', True)
+ except (IOError, OSError):
+ return report_network_error('download latest version')
+ if not os.access(exe + '.new', os.W_OK):
+ return report_permission_error(f'{exe}.new')
try:
with open(exe + '.new', 'wb') as outf:
outf.write(newcontent)
except (IOError, OSError):
- return report_error('unable to write the new version')
+ return report_unable('write the new version')
expected_sum = get_sha256sum('exe', arch)
if not expected_sum:
ydl.report_warning('no hash information found for the release')
elif calc_sha256sum(exe + '.new') != expected_sum:
- report_error('unable to verify the new executable', True)
+ report_network_error('verify the new executable')
try:
os.remove(exe + '.new')
except OSError:
- return report_error('unable to remove corrupt download')
+ return report_unable('remove corrupt download')
try:
os.rename(exe, exe + '.old')
except (IOError, OSError):
- return report_error('unable to move current version')
+ return report_unable('move current version')
try:
os.rename(exe + '.new', exe)
except (IOError, OSError):
- report_error('unable to overwrite current version')
+ report_unable('overwrite current version')
os.rename(exe + '.old', exe)
return
try:
@@ -222,31 +197,31 @@ def run_update(ydl):
ydl.to_screen('Updated yt-dlp to version %s' % version_id)
return True # Exit app
except OSError:
- report_error('unable to delete old version')
+ report_unable('delete the old version')
# Zip unix package
elif isinstance(globals().get('__loader__'), zipimporter):
try:
url = get_bin_info('zip', '3').get('browser_download_url')
if not url:
- return report_error('unable to fetch updates', True)
+ return report_network_error('fetch updates')
urlh = ydl._opener.open(url)
newcontent = urlh.read()
urlh.close()
- except (IOError, OSError, StopIteration):
- return report_error('unable to download latest version', True)
+ except (IOError, OSError):
+ return report_network_error('download the latest version')
expected_sum = get_sha256sum('zip', '3')
if not expected_sum:
ydl.report_warning('no hash information found for the release')
elif hashlib.sha256(newcontent).hexdigest() != expected_sum:
- return report_error('unable to verify the new zip', True)
+ return report_network_error('verify the new zip')
try:
with open(filename, 'wb') as outf:
outf.write(newcontent)
except (IOError, OSError):
- return report_error('unable to overwrite current version')
+ return report_unable('overwrite current version')
ydl.to_screen('Updated yt-dlp to version %s; Restart yt-dlp to use the new version' % version_id)
@@ -267,3 +242,41 @@ def print_notes(to_screen, versions, fromVersion=__version__):
for note in notes:
to_screen(note)
'''
+
+
+def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
+ ''' Exists for backward compatibility '''
+
+ printfn = to_screen
+
+ printfn(
+ 'WARNING: "yt_dlp.update.update_self" is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. '
+ 'Use "yt_dlp.update.run_update(ydl)" instead')
+
+ class FakeYDL():
+ _opener = opener
+ to_screen = printfn
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def report_warning(msg, *args, **kwargs):
+ return printfn('WARNING: %s' % msg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def report_error(msg, tb=None):
+ printfn('ERROR: %s' % msg)
+ if not verbose:
+ return
+ if tb is None:
+ # Copied from YoutubeDl.trouble
+ if sys.exc_info()[0]:
+ tb = ''
+ if hasattr(sys.exc_info()[1], 'exc_info') and sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info[0]:
+ tb += ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()[1].exc_info))
+ tb += encode_compat_str(traceback.format_exc())
+ else:
+ tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())
+ tb = ''.join(tb_data)
+ if tb:
+ printfn(tb)
+
+ return run_update(FakeYDL())