Modified code to work on android, removed sys.exit() code (it force exit android application as well), write result as json string into file, added new entry point: main.py.

test/helper.py

@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ def report_warning(message):
     Print the message to stderr, it will be prefixed with 'WARNING:'
     If stderr is a tty file the 'WARNING:' will be colored
     '''
-    if sys.stderr.isatty() and compat_os_name != 'nt':
+    _msg_header = 'WARNING:'
-        _msg_header = '\033[0;33mWARNING:\033[0m'
-    else:
-        _msg_header = 'WARNING:'
     output = '%s %s\n' % (_msg_header, message)
     if 'b' in getattr(sys.stderr, 'mode', '') or sys.version_info[0] < 3:
         output = output.encode(preferredencoding())

youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -600,10 +600,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         else:
             if self.params.get('no_warnings'):
                 return
-            if not self.params.get('no_color') and self._err_file.isatty() and compat_os_name != 'nt':
+            _msg_header = 'WARNING:'
-                _msg_header = '\033[0;33mWARNING:\033[0m'
-            else:
-                _msg_header = 'WARNING:'
             warning_message = '%s %s' % (_msg_header, message)
             self.to_stderr(warning_message)
 
@@ -612,10 +609,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         Do the same as trouble, but prefixes the message with 'ERROR:', colored
         in red if stderr is a tty file.
         '''
-        if not self.params.get('no_color') and self._err_file.isatty() and compat_os_name != 'nt':
+        _msg_header = 'ERROR:'
-            _msg_header = '\033[0;31mERROR:\033[0m'
-        else:
-            _msg_header = 'ERROR:'
         error_message = '%s %s' % (_msg_header, message)
         self.trouble(error_message, tb)
 
@@ -1735,7 +1729,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         if self.params.get('forceformat', False):
             self.to_stdout(info_dict['format'])
         if self.params.get('forcejson', False):
-            self.to_stdout(json.dumps(info_dict))
+            #self.to_stdout(json.dumps(info_dict))
+            self.to_stdout('Writing json data to youtube_dl.json')
+            with open('youtube_dl.json', 'w') as f:
+                f.write(json.dumps(info_dict).encode('utf-8'))
+                f.close()
 
         # Do nothing else if in simulate mode
         if self.params.get('simulate', False):

youtube_dl/__init__.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import io
 import os
 import random
 import sys
+import json
 
 
 from .options import (
@@ -464,18 +465,30 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             ydl.to_screen('--max-download limit reached, aborting.')
             retcode = 101
 
-    sys.exit(retcode)
+    #sys.exit(retcode)
+    return
 
 
+def reportDone(result):
+    data = {}
+    data['result'] = result
+
+    f = open('youtube_dl.done', 'w')
+    f.write(json.dumps(data))
+    f.close()
+
 def main(argv=None):
     try:
         _real_main(argv)
+        reportDone('OK')
     except DownloadError:
-        sys.exit(1)
+        reportDone('DownloadError')
+        #sys.exit(1)
     except SameFileError:
-        sys.exit('ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download')
+        reportDone('ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download')
+        #sys.exit('ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download')
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        sys.exit('\nERROR: Interrupted by user')
+        reportDone('ERROR: Interrupted by user')
-
+        #sys.exit('\nERROR: Interrupted by user')
 
 __all__ = ['main', 'YoutubeDL', 'gen_extractors', 'list_extractors']

youtube_dl/compat.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import base64
 import binascii
 import collections
-import ctypes
+#import ctypes
 import email
 import getpass
 import io

youtube_dl/downloader/common.py

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
                 self._report_progress_prev_line_length = len(fullmsg)
                 clear_line = '\r'
             else:
-                clear_line = ('\r\x1b[K' if sys.stderr.isatty() else '\r')
+                clear_line = ('\r\x1b[K\r')
             self.to_screen(clear_line + fullmsg, skip_eol=not is_last_line)
         self.to_console_title('youtube-dl ' + msg)
 

youtube_dl/extractor/common.py

@@ -866,10 +866,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 if mobj:
                     break
 
-        if not self._downloader.params.get('no_color') and compat_os_name != 'nt' and sys.stderr.isatty():
+        _name = name
-            _name = '\033[0;34m%s\033[0m' % name
-        else:
-            _name = name
 
         if mobj:
             if group is None:

youtube_dl/main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+# Execute with
+# $ python youtube_dl/__main__.py (2.6+)
+# $ python -m youtube_dl          (2.7+)
+
+import sys
+
+if __package__ is None and not hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+    # direct call of __main__.py
+    import os.path
+    path = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(path)))
+
+import youtube_dl
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    youtube_dl.main()
+

youtube_dl/utils.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import binascii
 import calendar
 import codecs
 import contextlib
-import ctypes
+#import ctypes
 import datetime
 import email.utils
 import email.header
@@ -1183,6 +1183,8 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str, day_first=True):
             upload_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, expression).strftime('%Y%m%d')
         except ValueError:
             pass
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
     if upload_date is None:
         timetuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(date_str)
         if timetuple:
@@ -1753,23 +1755,23 @@ def setproctitle(title):
     if sys.platform.startswith('java'):
         return
 
-    try:
+    #try:
-        libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('libc.so.6')
+    #    libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('libc.so.6')
-    except OSError:
+    #except OSError:
-        return
+    #    return
-    except TypeError:
+    #except TypeError:
-        # LoadLibrary in Windows Python 2.7.13 only expects
+    #    # LoadLibrary in Windows Python 2.7.13 only expects
-        # a bytestring, but since unicode_literals turns
+    #    # a bytestring, but since unicode_literals turns
-        # every string into a unicode string, it fails.
+    #    # every string into a unicode string, it fails.
-        return
+    #    return
-    title_bytes = title.encode('utf-8')
+    #title_bytes = title.encode('utf-8')
-    buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title_bytes))
+    #buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title_bytes))
-    buf.value = title_bytes
+    #buf.value = title_bytes
-    try:
+    #try:
-        libc.prctl(15, buf, 0, 0, 0)
+    #    libc.prctl(15, buf, 0, 0, 0)
-    except AttributeError:
+    #except AttributeError:
-        return  # Strange libc, just skip this
+    #    return  # Strange libc, just skip this
-
+    return
 
 def remove_start(s, start):
     return s[len(start):] if s is not None and s.startswith(start) else s