Standardize write_debug

yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -542,8 +542,7 @@ def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
         def preload_download_archive(fn):
             if fn is None:
                 return False
-            if self.params.get('verbose'):
+            self.write_debug('Loading archive file %r\n' % fn)
-                self._write_string('[debug] Loading archive file %r\n' % fn)
             try:
                 with locked_file(fn, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as archive_file:
                     for line in archive_file:
@@ -649,17 +648,11 @@ def _bidi_workaround(self, message):
                       for _ in range(line_count))
         return res[:-len('\n')]
 
-    def to_screen(self, message, skip_eol=False):
-        """Print message to stdout if not in quiet mode."""
-        return self.to_stdout(
-            message, skip_eol,
-            quiet=self.params.get('quiet', False))
-
     def _write_string(self, s, out=None):
         write_string(s, out=out, encoding=self.params.get('encoding'))
 
     def to_stdout(self, message, skip_eol=False, quiet=False):
-        """Print message to stdout if not in quiet mode."""
+        """Print message to stdout"""
         if self.params.get('logger'):
             self.params['logger'].debug(message)
         elif not quiet:
@@ -670,7 +663,7 @@ def to_stdout(self, message, skip_eol=False, quiet=False):
             self._write_string(output, self._screen_file)
 
     def to_stderr(self, message):
-        """Print message to stderr."""
+        """Print message to stderr"""
         assert isinstance(message, compat_str)
         if self.params.get('logger'):
             self.params['logger'].error(message)
@@ -748,6 +741,11 @@ def trouble(self, message=None, tb=None):
             raise DownloadError(message, exc_info)
         self._download_retcode = 1
 
+    def to_screen(self, message, skip_eol=False):
+        """Print message to stdout if not in quiet mode"""
+        self.to_stdout(
+            message, skip_eol, quiet=self.params.get('quiet', False))
+
     def report_warning(self, message):
         '''
         Print the message to stderr, it will be prefixed with 'WARNING:'
@@ -777,6 +775,16 @@ def report_error(self, message, tb=None):
         error_message = '%s %s' % (_msg_header, message)
         self.trouble(error_message, tb)
 
+    def write_debug(self, message):
+        '''Log debug message or Print message to stderr'''
+        if not self.params.get('verbose', False):
+            return
+        message = '[debug] %s' % message
+        if self.params.get('logger'):
+            self.params['logger'].debug(message)
+        else:
+            self._write_string('%s\n' % message)
+
     def report_file_already_downloaded(self, file_name):
         """Report file has already been fully downloaded."""
         try:
@@ -2081,8 +2089,7 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
         req_format = self.params.get('format')
         if req_format is None:
             req_format = self._default_format_spec(info_dict, download=download)
-            if self.params.get('verbose'):
+            self.write_debug('Default format spec: %s' % req_format)
-                self.to_screen('[debug] Default format spec: %s' % req_format)
 
         format_selector = self.build_format_selector(req_format)
 
@@ -2249,8 +2256,7 @@ def dl(self, name, info, subtitle=False, test=False):
         if not test:
             for ph in self._progress_hooks:
                 fd.add_progress_hook(ph)
-            if self.params.get('verbose'):
+            self.write_debug('Invoking downloader on %r' % info.get('url'))
-                self.to_screen('[debug] Invoking downloader on %r' % info.get('url'))
         new_info = dict(info)
         if new_info.get('http_headers') is None:
             new_info['http_headers'] = self._calc_headers(new_info)

yt_dlp/downloader/common.py

@@ -402,5 +402,4 @@ def _debug_cmd(self, args, exe=None):
         if exe is None:
             exe = os.path.basename(str_args[0])
 
-        self.to_screen('[debug] %s command line: %s' % (
+        self.write_debug('%s command line: %s' % (exe, shell_quote(str_args)))
-            exe, shell_quote(str_args)))

yt_dlp/extractor/common.py

@@ -522,10 +522,8 @@ def _initialize_geo_bypass(self, geo_bypass_context):
 
             if ip_block:
                 self._x_forwarded_for_ip = GeoUtils.random_ipv4(ip_block)
-                if self._downloader.params.get('verbose', False):
+                self._downloader.write_debug(
-                    self._downloader.to_screen(
+                    '[debug] Using fake IP %s as X-Forwarded-For' % self._x_forwarded_for_ip)
-                        '[debug] Using fake IP %s as X-Forwarded-For.'
-                        % self._x_forwarded_for_ip)
                 return
 
             # Path 2: bypassing based on country code
@@ -543,10 +541,8 @@ def _initialize_geo_bypass(self, geo_bypass_context):
 
             if country:
                 self._x_forwarded_for_ip = GeoUtils.random_ipv4(country)
-                if self._downloader.params.get('verbose', False):
+                self._downloader.write_debug(
-                    self._downloader.to_screen(
+                    'Using fake IP %s (%s) as X-Forwarded-For' % (self._x_forwarded_for_ip, country.upper()))
-                        '[debug] Using fake IP %s (%s) as X-Forwarded-For.'
-                        % (self._x_forwarded_for_ip, country.upper()))
 
     def extract(self, url):
         """Extracts URL information and returns it in list of dicts."""
@@ -1594,12 +1590,12 @@ def add_item(field, reverse, closest, limit_text):
                              else limits[0] if has_limit and not has_multiple_limits
                              else None)
 
-        def print_verbose_info(self, to_screen):
+        def print_verbose_info(self, write_debug):
             if self._sort_user:
-                to_screen('[debug] Sort order given by user: %s' % ', '.join(self._sort_user))
+                write_debug('Sort order given by user: %s' % ', '.join(self._sort_user))
             if self._sort_extractor:
-                to_screen('[debug] Sort order given by extractor: %s' % ', '.join(self._sort_extractor))
+                write_debug('Sort order given by extractor: %s' % ', '.join(self._sort_extractor))
-            to_screen('[debug] Formats sorted by: %s' % ', '.join(['%s%s%s' % (
+            write_debug('Formats sorted by: %s' % ', '.join(['%s%s%s' % (
                 '+' if self._get_field_setting(field, 'reverse') else '', field,
                 '%s%s(%s)' % ('~' if self._get_field_setting(field, 'closest') else ':',
                               self._get_field_setting(field, 'limit_text'),
@@ -1691,7 +1687,7 @@ def _sort_formats(self, formats, field_preference=[]):
         format_sort = self.FormatSort()  # params and to_screen are taken from the downloader
         format_sort.evaluate_params(self._downloader.params, field_preference)
         if self._downloader.params.get('verbose', False):
-            format_sort.print_verbose_info(self._downloader.to_screen)
+            format_sort.print_verbose_info(self._downloader.write_debug)
         formats.sort(key=lambda f: format_sort.calculate_preference(f))
 
     def _check_formats(self, formats, video_id):

yt_dlp/extractor/commonmistakes.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'Simply remove the parameter in your command or configuration.'
         ) % url
         if not self._downloader.params.get('verbose'):
-            msg += ' Add -v to the command line to see what arguments and configuration yt-dlp got.'
+            msg += ' Add -v to the command line to see what arguments and configuration yt-dlp has'
         raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
 
 

yt_dlp/postprocessor/common.py

@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ def report_error(self, text, *args, **kwargs):
         if self._downloader:
             return self._downloader.report_error(text, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def write_debug(self, text, prefix=True, *args, **kwargs):
+    def write_debug(self, text, *args, **kwargs):
-        tag = '[debug] ' if prefix else ''
+        if self._downloader:
-        if self.get_param('verbose', False) and self._downloader:
+            return self._downloader.write_debug(text, *args, **kwargs)
-            return self._downloader.to_screen('%s%s' % (tag, text), *args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_param(self, name, default=None, *args, **kwargs):
         if self._downloader: