[cleanup] Add keyword automatically to SearchIE descriptions

and some minor cleanup of docs

Changelog.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 * [AdobePass] Fix RCN MSO by [jfogelman](https://github.com/jfogelman)
 * [CBC] Fix Gem livestream by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
 * [CBC] Support CBC Gem member content by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
-* [crunchyroll] Add season to flat-playlist Closes #1319
+* [crunchyroll] Add season to flat-playlist
 * [crunchyroll] Add support for `beta.crunchyroll` URLs and fix series URLs with language code
 * [EUScreen] Add Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 * [Gronkh] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)

README.md

@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ If you are coming from [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl), the
 
 Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtube-dlc.
 
-* The options `--id`, `--auto-number` (`-A`), `--title` (`-t`) and `--literal` (`-l`), no longer work. See [removed options](#Removed) for details
+* The options `--auto-number` (`-A`), `--title` (`-t`) and `--literal` (`-l`), no longer work. See [removed options](#Removed) for details
 * `avconv` is not supported as as an alternative to `ffmpeg`
-* The default [output template](#output-template) is `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`. There is no real reason for this change. This was changed before yt-dlp was ever made public and now there are no plans to change it back to `%(title)s.%(id)s.%(ext)s`. Instead, you may use `--compat-options filename`
+* The default [output template](#output-template) is `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`. There is no real reason for this change. This was changed before yt-dlp was ever made public and now there are no plans to change it back to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`. Instead, you may use `--compat-options filename`
 * The default [format sorting](#sorting-formats) is different from youtube-dl and prefers higher resolution and better codecs rather than higher bitrates. You can use the `--format-sort` option to change this to any order you prefer, or use `--compat-options format-sort` to use youtube-dl's sorting order
 * The default format selector is `bv*+ba/b`. This means that if a combined video + audio format that is better than the best video-only format is found, the former will be prefered. Use `-f bv+ba/b` or `--compat-options format-spec` to revert this
 * Unlike youtube-dlc, yt-dlp does not allow merging multiple audio/video streams into one file by default (since this conflicts with the use of `-f bv*+ba`). If needed, this feature must be enabled using `--audio-multistreams` and `--video-multistreams`. You can also use `--compat-options multistreams` to enable both
@@ -197,17 +197,17 @@ If you have installed using Homebrew, run `brew upgrade yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp`
 File|Description
 :---|:---
 [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp)|Platform independant binary. Needs Python (Recommended for **UNIX-like systems**)
-[yt-dlp.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe)|Windows standalone x64 binary (Recommended for **Windows**)
+[yt-dlp.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe)|Windows (Win7 SP1+) standalone x64 binary (Recommended for **Windows**)
 
 #### Alternatives
 
 File|Description
 :---|:---
-[yt-dlp_macos](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos)|MacOS standalone executable
+[yt-dlp_macos](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos)|MacOS (10.15+) standalone executable
-[yt-dlp_x86.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows standalone x86 (32bit) binary
+[yt-dlp_x86.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows (Vista SP2+) standalone x86 (32bit) binary
-[yt-dlp_min.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_min.exe)|Windows standalone x64 binary built with `py2exe`.<br/> Does not contain `pycryptodomex`, needs VC++14
+[yt-dlp_min.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_min.exe)|Windows (Win7 SP1+) standalone x64 binary built with `py2exe`.<br/> Does not contain `pycryptodomex`, needs VC++14
 [yt-dlp_win.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win.zip)|Unpackaged windows executable (No auto-update)
-[yt-dlp_macos.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos.zip)|Unpackaged MacOS executable (No auto-update)
+[yt-dlp_macos.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos.zip)|Unpackaged MacOS (10.15+) executable (No auto-update)
 
 #### Misc
 
@@ -1516,24 +1516,25 @@ $ yt-dlp --replace-in-metadata 'title,uploader' '[ _]' '-'
 Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) seperated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. Eg: `--extractor-args "youtube:player_client=android_agegate,web;include_live_dash" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
 
 The following extractors use this feature:
-* **youtube**
-    * `skip`: `hls` or `dash` (or both) to skip download of the respective manifests
-    * `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `android`, `ios`, `mweb`. These also have `_music`, `_embedded`, `_agegate`, and `_creator` variants (Eg: `web_embedded`) (`mweb` has only `_agegate`). By default, `android,web` is used, but the agegate and creator variants are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` urls. You can also use `all` to use all the clients
-    * `player_skip`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs` (skip client configs), `webpage` (skip initial webpage), `js` (skip js player). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause some issues. See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details
-    * `include_live_dash`: Include live dash formats (These formats don't download properly)
-    * `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side).
-    * `max_comments`: Maximum amount of comments to download (default all).
-    * `max_comment_depth`: Maximum depth for nested comments. YouTube supports depths 1 or 2 (default).
-* **youtubetab**
-  (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
-   * `skip`: One or more of `webpage` (skip initial webpage download), `authcheck` (allow the download of playlists requiring authentication when no initial webpage is downloaded. This may cause unwanted behavior, see [#1122](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/1122) for more details)
 
-* **funimation**
+#### youtube
-    * `language`: Languages to extract. Eg: `funimation:language=english,japanese`
+* `skip`: `hls` or `dash` (or both) to skip download of the respective manifests
-    * `version`: The video version to extract - `uncut` or `simulcast`
+* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `android`, `ios`, `mweb`. These also have `_music`, `_embedded`, `_agegate`, and `_creator` variants (Eg: `web_embedded`) (`mweb` has only `_agegate`). By default, `android,web` is used, but the agegate and creator variants are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` urls. You can also use `all` to use all the clients
+* `player_skip`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs` (skip client configs), `webpage` (skip initial webpage), `js` (skip js player). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause some issues. See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details
+* `include_live_dash`: Include live dash formats (These formats don't download properly)
+* `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
+* `max_comments`: Maximum amount of comments to download (default all)
+* `max_comment_depth`: Maximum depth for nested comments. YouTube supports depths 1 or 2 (default)
 
-* **vikiChannel**
+#### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
-    * `video_types`: Types of videos to download - one or more of `episodes`, `movies`, `clips`, `trailers`
+* `skip`: One or more of `webpage` (skip initial webpage download), `authcheck` (allow the download of playlists requiring authentication when no initial webpage is downloaded. This may cause unwanted behavior, see [#1122](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/1122) for more details)
+
+#### funimation
+* `language`: Languages to extract. Eg: `funimation:language=english,japanese`
+* `version`: The video version to extract - `uncut` or `simulcast`
+
+#### vikichannel
+* `video_types`: Types of videos to download - one or more of `episodes`, `movies`, `clips`, `trailers`
 
 NOTE: These options may be changed/removed in the future without concern for backward compatibility
 

devscripts/make_supportedsites.py

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ def main():
                 continue
             if ie_desc is not None:
                 ie_md += ': {0}'.format(ie.IE_DESC)
+            search_key = getattr(ie, 'SEARCH_KEY', None)
+            if search_key is not None:
+                ie_md += f'; "{ie.SEARCH_KEY}:" prefix'
             if not ie.working():
                 ie_md += ' (Currently broken)'
             yield ie_md

setup.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from distutils.spawn import spawn
 exec(compile(open('yt_dlp/version.py').read(), 'yt_dlp/version.py', 'exec'))
 
 
-DESCRIPTION = 'Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and many other other video platforms.'
+DESCRIPTION = 'A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches'
 
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = '\n\n'.join((
     'Official repository: <https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp>',

supportedsites.md

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
  - **BilibiliAudioAlbum**
  - **BilibiliChannel**
  - **BiliBiliPlayer**
- - **BiliBiliSearch**: Bilibili video search, "bilisearch" keyword
+ - **BiliBiliSearch**: Bilibili video search; "bilisearch:" prefix
  - **BiliIntl**
  - **BiliIntlSeries**
  - **BioBioChileTV**
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@
  - **niconico**: ニコニコ動画
  - **NiconicoPlaylist**
  - **NiconicoUser**
- - **nicovideo:search**: Nico video searches
+ - **nicovideo:search**: Nico video searches; "nicosearch:" prefix
- - **nicovideo:search:date**: Nico video searches, newest first
+ - **nicovideo:search:date**: Nico video searches, newest first; "nicosearchdate:" prefix
  - **nicovideo:search_url**: Nico video search URLs
  - **Nintendo**
  - **Nitter**
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
  - **SBS**: sbs.com.au
  - **schooltv**
  - **ScienceChannel**
- - **screen.yahoo:search**: Yahoo screen search
+ - **screen.yahoo:search**: Yahoo screen search; "yvsearch:" prefix
  - **Screencast**
  - **ScreencastOMatic**
  - **ScrippsNetworks**
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@
  - **SonyLIVSeries**
  - **soundcloud**
  - **soundcloud:playlist**
- - **soundcloud:search**: Soundcloud search, "scsearch" keyword
+ - **soundcloud:search**: Soundcloud search; "scsearch:" prefix
  - **soundcloud:set**
  - **soundcloud:trackstation**
  - **soundcloud:user**
@@ -1095,8 +1095,8 @@
  - **TrailerAddict** (Currently broken)
  - **Trilulilu**
  - **Trovo**
- - **TrovoChannelClip**: All Clips of a trovo.live channel, "trovoclip" keyword
+ - **TrovoChannelClip**: All Clips of a trovo.live channel; "trovoclip:" prefix
- - **TrovoChannelVod**: All VODs of a trovo.live channel, "trovovod" keyword
+ - **TrovoChannelVod**: All VODs of a trovo.live channel; "trovovod:" prefix
  - **TrovoVod**
  - **TruNews**
  - **TruTV**
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@
  - **Viddler**
  - **Videa**
  - **video.arnes.si**: Arnes Video
- - **video.google:search**: Google Video search (Currently broken)
+ - **video.google:search**: Google Video search; "gvsearch:" prefix (Currently broken)
  - **video.sky.it**
  - **video.sky.it:live**
  - **VideoDetective**
@@ -1343,19 +1343,19 @@
  - **YouPorn**
  - **YourPorn**
  - **YourUpload**
- - **youtube**: YouTube.com
+ - **youtube**: YouTube
- - **youtube:favorites**: YouTube.com liked videos, ":ytfav" for short (requires authentication)
+ - **youtube:favorites**: YouTube liked videos; ":ytfav" keyword (requires cookies)
- - **youtube:history**: Youtube watch history, ":ythis" for short (requires authentication)
+ - **youtube:history**: Youtube watch history; ":ythis" keyword (requires cookies)
- - **youtube:playlist**: YouTube.com playlists
+ - **youtube:playlist**: YouTube playlists
- - **youtube:recommended**: YouTube.com recommended videos, ":ytrec" for short (requires authentication)
+ - **youtube:recommended**: YouTube recommended videos; ":ytrec" keyword
- - **youtube:search**: YouTube.com searches, "ytsearch" keyword
+ - **youtube:search**: YouTube searches; "ytsearch:" prefix
- - **youtube:search:date**: YouTube.com searches, newest videos first, "ytsearchdate" keyword
+ - **youtube:search:date**: YouTube searches, newest videos first; "ytsearchdate:" prefix
- - **youtube:search_url**: YouTube.com search URLs
+ - **youtube:search_url**: YouTube search URLs with sorting and filter support
- - **youtube:subscriptions**: YouTube.com subscriptions feed, ":ytsubs" for short (requires authentication)
+ - **youtube:subscriptions**: YouTube subscriptions feed; ":ytsubs" keyword (requires cookies)
- - **youtube:tab**: YouTube.com tab
+ - **youtube:tab**: YouTube Tabs
- - **youtube:watchlater**: Youtube watch later list, ":ytwatchlater" for short (requires authentication)
+ - **youtube:watchlater**: Youtube watch later list; ":ytwatchlater" keyword (requires cookies)
  - **YoutubeYtBe**: youtu.be
- - **YoutubeYtUser**: YouTube.com user videos, URL or "ytuser" keyword
+ - **YoutubeYtUser**: YouTube user videos; "ytuser:" prefix
  - **Zapiks**
  - **Zattoo**
  - **ZattooLive**

yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -3313,7 +3313,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             write_debug = lambda msg: logger.debug(f'[debug] {msg}')
             write_debug(encoding_str)
         else:
-            write_string(f'[debug] {encoding_str}', encoding=None)
+            write_string(f'[debug] {encoding_str}\n', encoding=None)
             write_debug = lambda msg: self._write_string(f'[debug] {msg}\n')
 
         source = detect_variant()

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             desc = getattr(ie, 'IE_DESC', ie.IE_NAME)
             if desc is False:
                 continue
-            if hasattr(ie, 'SEARCH_KEY'):
+            if getattr(ie, 'SEARCH_KEY', None) is not None:
                 _SEARCHES = ('cute kittens', 'slithering pythons', 'falling cat', 'angry poodle', 'purple fish', 'running tortoise', 'sleeping bunny', 'burping cow')
                 _COUNTS = ('', '5', '10', 'all')
-                desc += ' (Example: "%s%s:%s" )' % (ie.SEARCH_KEY, random.choice(_COUNTS), random.choice(_SEARCHES))
+                desc += f'; "{ie.SEARCH_KEY}:" prefix (Example: "{ie.SEARCH_KEY}{random.choice(_COUNTS)}:{random.choice(_SEARCHES)}")'
             write_string(desc + '\n', out=sys.stdout)
         sys.exit(0)
     if opts.ap_list_mso:

yt_dlp/extractor/bilibili.py

@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ class BilibiliCategoryIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class BiliBiliSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'Bilibili video search, "bilisearch" keyword'
+    IE_DESC = 'Bilibili video search'
     _MAX_RESULTS = 100000
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'bilisearch'
 

yt_dlp/extractor/common.py

@@ -3620,9 +3620,11 @@ class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """
     Base class for paged search queries extractors.
     They accept URLs in the format _SEARCH_KEY(|all|[0-9]):{query}
-    Instances should define _SEARCH_KEY and _MAX_RESULTS.
+    Instances should define _SEARCH_KEY and optionally _MAX_RESULTS
     """
 
+    _MAX_RESULTS = float('inf')
+
     @classmethod
     def _make_valid_url(cls):
         return r'%s(?P<prefix>|[1-9][0-9]*|all):(?P<query>[\s\S]+)' % cls._SEARCH_KEY

yt_dlp/extractor/niconico.py

@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@ class NicovideoSearchURLIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class NicovideoSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, NicovideoSearchURLIE):
     IE_DESC = 'Nico video searches'
-    _MAX_RESULTS = float('inf')
     IE_NAME = NicovideoSearchIE_NAME
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'nicosearch'
     _TESTS = []

yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py

@@ -855,8 +855,8 @@ class SoundcloudPlaylistIE(SoundcloudPlaylistBaseIE):
 
 class SoundcloudSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, SoundcloudIE):
     IE_NAME = 'soundcloud:search'
-    IE_DESC = 'Soundcloud search, "scsearch" keyword'
+    IE_DESC = 'Soundcloud search'
-    _MAX_RESULTS = float('inf')
+    _SEARCH_KEY = 'scsearch'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'scsearch15:post-avant jazzcore',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -865,7 +865,6 @@ class SoundcloudSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, SoundcloudIE):
         'playlist_count': 15,
     }]
 
-    _SEARCH_KEY = 'scsearch'
     _MAX_RESULTS_PER_PAGE = 200
     _DEFAULT_RESULTS_PER_PAGE = 50
 

yt_dlp/extractor/trovo.py

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class TrovoChannelBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class TrovoChannelVodIE(TrovoChannelBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'trovovod:(?P<id>[^\s]+)'
-    IE_DESC = 'All VODs of a trovo.live channel, "trovovod" keyword'
+    IE_DESC = 'All VODs of a trovo.live channel; "trovovod:" prefix'
 
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'trovovod:OneTappedYou',
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class TrovoChannelVodIE(TrovoChannelBaseIE):
 
 class TrovoChannelClipIE(TrovoChannelBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'trovoclip:(?P<id>[^\s]+)'
-    IE_DESC = 'All Clips of a trovo.live channel, "trovoclip" keyword'
+    IE_DESC = 'All Clips of a trovo.live channel; "trovoclip:" prefix'
 
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'trovoclip:OneTappedYou',

yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py

@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube'
     _INVIDIOUS_SITES = (
         # invidious-redirect websites
         r'(?:www\.)?redirect\.invidious\.io',
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com tab'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube Tabs'
     _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
                     https?://
                         (?:\w+\.)?
@@ -4238,7 +4238,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com playlists'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube playlists'
     _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)(?:
                         (?:https?://)?
                         (?:\w+\.)?
@@ -4362,7 +4362,7 @@ class YoutubeYtBeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeYtUserIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com user videos, URL or "ytuser" keyword'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube user videos; "ytuser:" prefix'
     _VALID_URL = r'ytuser:(?P<id>.+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'ytuser:phihag',
@@ -4378,7 +4378,7 @@ class YoutubeYtUserIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:favorites'
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com liked videos, ":ytfav" for short (requires authentication)'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube liked videos; ":ytfav" keyword (requires cookies)'
     _VALID_URL = r':ytfav(?:ou?rite)?s?'
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = True
     _TESTS = [{
@@ -4396,10 +4396,7 @@ class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, YoutubeTabIE):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com searches, "ytsearch" keyword'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube searches'
-    # there doesn't appear to be a real limit, for example if you search for
-    # 'python' you get more than 8.000.000 results
-    _MAX_RESULTS = float('inf')
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:search'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearch'
     _SEARCH_PARAMS = None
@@ -4459,13 +4456,14 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, YoutubeTabIE):
 class YoutubeSearchDateIE(YoutubeSearchIE):
     IE_NAME = YoutubeSearchIE.IE_NAME + ':date'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearchdate'
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com searches, newest videos first, "ytsearchdate" keyword'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube searches, newest videos first'
     _SEARCH_PARAMS = 'CAI%3D'
 
 
 class YoutubeSearchURLIE(YoutubeSearchIE):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com search URLs'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube search URLs with sorting and filter support'
     IE_NAME = YoutubeSearchIE.IE_NAME + '_url'
+    _SEARCH_KEY = None
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/results\?(.*?&)?(?:search_query|q)=(?:[^&]+)(?:[&]|$)'
     # _MAX_RESULTS = 100
     _TESTS = [{
@@ -4511,7 +4509,7 @@ class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeTabIE):
 
 class YoutubeWatchLaterIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:watchlater'
-    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch later list, ":ytwatchlater" for short (requires authentication)'
+    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch later list; ":ytwatchlater" keyword (requires cookies)'
     _VALID_URL = r':ytwatchlater'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': ':ytwatchlater',
@@ -4524,7 +4522,7 @@ class YoutubeWatchLaterIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeRecommendedIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com recommended videos, ":ytrec" for short (requires authentication)'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube recommended videos; ":ytrec" keyword'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/?(?:[?#]|$)|:ytrec(?:ommended)?'
     _FEED_NAME = 'recommended'
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = False
@@ -4541,7 +4539,7 @@ class YoutubeRecommendedIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeSubscriptionsIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com subscriptions feed, ":ytsubs" for short (requires authentication)'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube subscriptions feed; ":ytsubs" keyword (requires cookies)'
     _VALID_URL = r':ytsub(?:scription)?s?'
     _FEED_NAME = 'subscriptions'
     _TESTS = [{
@@ -4554,7 +4552,7 @@ class YoutubeSubscriptionsIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeHistoryIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch history, ":ythis" for short (requires authentication)'
+    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch history; ":ythis" keyword (requires cookies)'
     _VALID_URL = r':ythis(?:tory)?'
     _FEED_NAME = 'history'
     _TESTS = [{

yt_dlp/minicurses.py

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ _TEXT_STYLES = {
 
 
 def format_text(text, f):
+    '''
+    @param f    String representation of formatting to apply in the form:
+                [style] [light] font_color [on [light] bg_color]
+                Eg: "red", "bold green on light blue"
+    '''
     f = f.upper()
     tokens = f.strip().split()