add "--no-generic-extractor" flag which excludes usage of the generic extractor when processing a url.

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
     ignoreerrors:      Do not stop on download errors.
     force_generic_extractor: Force downloader to use the generic extractor
+    no_generic_extractor: Prevent usage of the generic extractor
     nooverwrites:      Prevent overwriting files.
     playliststart:     Playlist item to start at.
     playlistend:       Playlist item to end at.
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             info_dict.setdefault(key, value)
 
     def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={},
-                     process=True, force_generic_extractor=False):
+                     process=True, force_generic_extractor=False, no_generic_extractor=False):
         '''
         Returns a list with a dictionary for each video we find.
         If 'download', also downloads the videos.
@@ -664,6 +665,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             ies = self._ies
 
         for ie in ies:
+            if(ie.ie_key() == "Generic" and no_generic_extractor):
+                continue
             if not ie.suitable(url):
                 continue
 
@@ -1733,7 +1736,9 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             try:
                 # It also downloads the videos
                 res = self.extract_info(
-                    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
+                    url,
+                    force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False),
+                    no_generic_extractor=self.params.get('no_generic_extractor', False))
             except UnavailableVideoError:
                 self.report_error('unable to download video')
             except MaxDownloadsReached:

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames,
         'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors,
         'force_generic_extractor': opts.force_generic_extractor,
+        'no_generic_extractor': opts.no_generic_extractor,
         'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit,
         'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites,
         'retries': opts.retries,

youtube_dl/options.py

@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--force-generic-extractor',
         action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
         help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
+    general.add_option(
+        '--no-generic-extractor',
+        action='store_true', dest='no_generic_extractor', default=False,
+        help='prevent extraction from using the generic extractor')
     general.add_option(
         '--default-search',
         dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',