allow multiple --reject-title and --match-title options

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -596,12 +596,15 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             title = info_dict['title']
             matchtitle = self.params.get('matchtitle', False)
             if matchtitle:
-                if not re.search(matchtitle, title, re.IGNORECASE):
+                for pattern in matchtitle:
-                    return '"' + title + '" title did not match pattern "' + matchtitle + '"'
+                    if re.search(patten, title, re.IGNORECASE):
-            rejecttitle = self.params.get('rejecttitle', False)
+                        break
-            if rejecttitle:
+                else:
-                if re.search(rejecttitle, title, re.IGNORECASE):
+                    return '"' + title + '" title did not match patterns "' + ', '.join(matchtitle) + '"'
-                    return '"' + title + '" title matched reject pattern "' + rejecttitle + '"'
+            rejecttitle = self.params.get('rejecttitle', [])
+            for pattern in rejecttitle:
+                if re.search(pattern, title, re.IGNORECASE):
+                    return '"' + title + '" title matched reject pattern "' + pattern + '"'
         date = info_dict.get('upload_date', None)
         if date is not None:
             dateRange = self.params.get('daterange', DateRange())

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from .compat import (
 from .utils import (
     DateRange,
     decodeOption,
+    decodeOptions,
     DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
     DownloadError,
     match_filter_func,
@@ -324,8 +325,8 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'listsubtitles': opts.listsubtitles,
         'subtitlesformat': opts.subtitlesformat,
         'subtitleslangs': opts.subtitleslangs,
-        'matchtitle': decodeOption(opts.matchtitle),
+        'matchtitle': decodeOptions(opts.matchtitle),
-        'rejecttitle': decodeOption(opts.rejecttitle),
+        'rejecttitle': decodeOptions(opts.rejecttitle),
         'max_downloads': opts.max_downloads,
         'prefer_free_formats': opts.prefer_free_formats,
         'verbose': opts.verbose,

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -222,11 +222,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         help='Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "--playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: "--playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13.')
     selection.add_option(
         '--match-title',
-        dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
+        action='append', dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
         help='Download only matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
     selection.add_option(
         '--reject-title',
-        dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
+        action='append', dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
         help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
     selection.add_option(
         '--max-downloads',

youtube_dl/utils.py

@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ def decodeOption(optval):
     assert isinstance(optval, compat_str)
     return optval
 
+def decodeOptions(optvals):
+    if optvals is None:
+        return optvals
+    return list(filter(lambda o: o, map(decodeOption, optvals)))
 
 def formatSeconds(secs):
     if secs > 3600: