ArchiveBox · pirate · Jan 10, 2023 · Sep 11, 2022 · Sep 12, 2022 · Sep 12, 2022
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ data1/
 data2/
 data3/
 output/
+
+# vim
+*.sw?
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This is the Dockerfile for ArchiveBox, it bundles the following dependencies:
-#     python3, ArchiveBox, curl, wget, git, chromium, youtube-dl, single-file
+#     python3, ArchiveBox, curl, wget, git, chromium, youtube-dl, yt-dlp, single-file
 # Usage:
 #     git submodule update --init --recursive
 #     git pull --recurse-submodules

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ ls ./archive/*/index.json                 # or browse directly via the filesyste
 - [**Free & open source**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/master/LICENSE), doesn't require signing up online, stores all data locally
 - [**Powerful, intuitive command line interface**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#CLI-Usage) with [modular optional dependencies](#dependencies) 
 - [**Comprehensive documentation**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki), [active development](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Roadmap), and [rich community](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community)
-- [**Extracts a wide variety of content out-of-the-box**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/51): [media (youtube-dl), articles (readability), code (git), etc.](#output-formats)
+- [**Extracts a wide variety of content out-of-the-box**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/51): [media (youtube-dl or yt-dlp), articles (readability), code (git), etc.](#output-formats)
 - [**Supports scheduled/realtime importing**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Scheduled-Archiving) from [many types of sources](#input-formats)
 - [**Uses standard, durable, long-term formats**](#saves-lots-of-useful-stuff-for-each-imported-link) like HTML, JSON, PDF, PNG, and WARC
 - [**Usable as a oneshot CLI**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#CLI-Usage), [**self-hosted web UI**](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#UI-Usage), [Python API](https://docs.archivebox.io/en/latest/modules.html) (BETA), [REST API](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/496) (ALPHA), or [desktop app](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/electron-archivebox) (ALPHA)
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ Inside each Snapshot folder, ArchiveBox save these different types of extractor
   - **DOM Dump:** `output.html` DOM Dump of the HTML after rendering using headless chrome
 - **Article Text:** `article.html/json` Article text extraction using Readability & Mercury
 - **Archive.org Permalink:** `archive.org.txt` A link to the saved site on archive.org
-- **Audio & Video:** `media/` all audio/video files + playlists, including subtitles & metadata with youtube-dl
+- **Audio & Video:** `media/` all audio/video files + playlists, including subtitles & metadata with youtube-dl (or yt-dlp)
 - **Source Code:** `git/` clone of any repository found on GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab links
 - _More coming soon! See the [Roadmap](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Roadmap)..._
 
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ To achieve high fidelity archives in as many situations as possible, ArchiveBox
 - `node` & `npm` (for readability, mercury, and singlefile)
 - `wget` (for plain HTML, static files, and WARC saving)
 - `curl` (for fetching headers, favicon, and posting to Archive.org)
-- `youtube-dl` (for audio, video, and subtitles)
+- `youtube-dl` or `yt-dlp` (for audio, video, and subtitles)
 - `git` (for cloning git repos)
 - and more as we grow...
 

diff --git a/archivebox/config.py b/archivebox/config.py
@@ -144,12 +144,19 @@
                                                                 '--no-call-home',
                                                                 '--write-sub',
                                                                 '--all-subs',
-                                                                '--write-auto-sub',
+                                                                # There are too many of these and youtube
+                                                                # throttles you with HTTP error 429
+                                                                #'--write-auto-subs',
                                                                 '--convert-subs=srt',
                                                                 '--yes-playlist',
                                                                 '--continue',
-                                                                '--ignore-errors',
+                                                                # This flag doesn't exist in youtube-dl
+                                                                # only in yt-dlp
                                                                 '--no-abort-on-error',
+                                                                # --ignore-errors must come AFTER
+                                                                # --no-abort-on-error
+                                                                # https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4914
+                                                                '--ignore-errors',
                                                                 '--geo-bypass',
                                                                 '--add-metadata',
                                                                 '--max-filesize={}'.format(c['MEDIA_MAX_SIZE']),
@@ -203,7 +210,8 @@
         'SINGLEFILE_BINARY':        {'type': str,   'default': lambda c: bin_path('single-file')},
         'READABILITY_BINARY':       {'type': str,   'default': lambda c: bin_path('readability-extractor')},
         'MERCURY_BINARY':           {'type': str,   'default': lambda c: bin_path('mercury-parser')},
-        'YOUTUBEDL_BINARY':         {'type': str,   'default': 'youtube-dl'},
+        #'YOUTUBEDL_BINARY':         {'type': str,   'default': 'youtube-dl'},
+        'YOUTUBEDL_BINARY':         {'type': str,   'default': 'yt-dlp'},
         'NODE_BINARY':              {'type': str,   'default': 'node'},
         'RIPGREP_BINARY':           {'type': str,   'default': 'rg'},
         'CHROME_BINARY':            {'type': str,   'default': None},

diff --git a/archivebox/extractors/__init__.py b/archivebox/extractors/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 __package__ = 'archivebox.extractors'
 
 import os
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from typing import Optional, List, Iterable, Union
@@ -137,14 +138,16 @@ def archive_link(link: Link, overwrite: bool=False, methods: Optional[Iterable[s
                     link.url,
                 )) from e
                 """
-		        # Instead, use the kludgy workaround from
+                # Instead, use the kludgy workaround from
                 # https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/984#issuecomment-1150541627
                 with open(ERROR_LOG, "a", encoding='utf-8') as f:
                     command = ' '.join(sys.argv)
                     ts = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime('%Y-%m-%d__%H:%M:%S')
-                    f.write(("\n" + 'Exception in archive_methods.save_{}(Link(url={}))'.format(
+                    f.write(("\n" + 'Exception in archive_methods.save_{}(Link(url={})) command={}; ts={}'.format(
                         method_name,
                         link.url,
+                        command,
+                        ts
                     ) + "\n"))
                     #f.write(f"\n> {command}; ts={ts} version={config['VERSION']} docker={config['IN_DOCKER']} is_tty={config['IS_TTY']}\n")
 

diff --git a/archivebox/extractors/media.py b/archivebox/extractors/media.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def should_save_media(link: Link, out_dir: Optional[Path]=None, overwrite: Optio
 
 @enforce_types
 def save_media(link: Link, out_dir: Optional[Path]=None, timeout: int=MEDIA_TIMEOUT) -> ArchiveResult:
-    """Download playlists or individual video, audio, and subtitles using youtube-dl"""
+    """Download playlists or individual video, audio, and subtitles using youtube-dl or yt-dlp"""
 
     out_dir = out_dir or Path(link.link_dir)
     output: ArchiveOutput = 'media'
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def save_media(link: Link, out_dir: Optional[Path]=None, timeout: int=MEDIA_TIME
                 pass
             else:
                 hints = (
-                    'Got youtube-dl response code: {}.'.format(result.returncode),
+                    'Got youtube-dl (or yt-dlp) response code: {}.'.format(result.returncode),
                     *result.stderr.decode().split('\n'),
                 )
                 raise ArchiveError('Failed to save media', hints)
@@ -72,8 +72,18 @@ def save_media(link: Link, out_dir: Optional[Path]=None, timeout: int=MEDIA_TIME
         timer.end()
 
     # add video description and subtitles to full-text index
+    # Let's try a few different 
     index_texts = [
-        text_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8').strip()
+        # errors:
+        # * 'strict' to raise a ValueError exception if there is an
+        #   encoding error. The default value of None has the same effect.
+        # * 'ignore' ignores errors. Note that ignoring encoding errors
+        #   can lead to data loss.
+        # * 'xmlcharrefreplace' is only supported when writing to a
+        #   file. Characters not supported by the encoding are replaced with
+        #   the appropriate XML character reference &#nnn;.
+        # There are a few more options described in https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open
+        text_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8', errors='xmlcharrefreplace').strip()
         for text_file in (
             *output_path.glob('*.description'),
             *output_path.glob('*.srt'),

diff --git a/bin/setup.sh b/bin/setup.sh
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ echo "    This is a helper script which installs the ArchiveBox dependencies on
 echo "    You may be prompted for a sudo password in order to install the following:"
 echo ""
 echo "        - archivebox"
-echo "        - python3, pip, nodejs, npm    (languages used by ArchiveBox, and its extractor modules)"
-echo "        - curl, wget, git, youtube-dl  (used for extracting title, favicon, git, media, and more)"
-echo "        - chromium                     (skips this if any Chrome/Chromium version is already installed)"
+echo "        - python3, pip, nodejs, npm            (languages used by ArchiveBox, and its extractor modules)"
+echo "        - curl, wget, git, youtube-dl, yt-dlp  (used for extracting title, favicon, git, media, and more)"
+echo "        - chromium                             (skips this if any Chrome/Chromium version is already installed)"
 echo ""
 echo "    If you'd rather install these manually as-needed, you can find detailed documentation here:"
 echo "        https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Install"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ if which apt-get > /dev/null; then
     fi
     echo
     echo "[+] Installing ArchiveBox system dependencies using apt..."
-    sudo apt-get install -y git python3 python3-pip python3-distutils wget curl youtube-dl ffmpeg git nodejs npm ripgrep
+    sudo apt-get install -y git python3 python3-pip python3-distutils wget curl youtube-dl yt-dlp ffmpeg git nodejs npm ripgrep
     sudo apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnotify-dev libgconf-2-4 libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb libgbm-dev || sudo apt-get install -y chromium || sudo apt-get install -y chromium-browser || true
     sudo apt-get install -y archivebox
     sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install -y archivebox

diff --git a/etc/ArchiveBox.conf.default b/etc/ArchiveBox.conf.default
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 # CURL_BINARY = curl
 # GIT_BINARY = git
 # WGET_BINARY = wget
-# YOUTUBEDL_BINARY = youtube-dl
+# YOUTUBEDL_BINARY = yt-dlp
 # CHROME_BINARY = chromium
 
 # CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR="~/.config/google-chrome/Default"

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "django-extensions>=3.0.3",
     "dateparser>=1.0.0",
     "youtube-dl>=2021.04.17",
+    "yt-dlp>=2021.4.11",
     "python-crontab>=2.5.1",
     "croniter>=0.3.34",
     "w3lib>=1.22.0",

diff --git a/stdeb.cfg b/stdeb.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Package3: archivebox
 Suite: focal
 Suite3: focal
 Build-Depends: debhelper, dh-python, python3-all, python3-pip, python3-setuptools, python3-wheel, python3-stdeb
-Depends3: nodejs, wget, curl, git, ffmpeg, youtube-dl, python3-all, python3-pip, python3-setuptools, python3-croniter, python3-crontab, python3-dateparser, python3-django, python3-django-extensions, python3-django-jsonfield, python3-mypy-extensions, python3-requests, python3-w3lib, ripgrep
+Depends3: nodejs, wget, curl, git, ffmpeg, youtube-dl, yt-dlp, python3-all, python3-pip, python3-setuptools, python3-croniter, python3-crontab, python3-dateparser, python3-django, python3-django-extensions, python3-django-jsonfield, python3-mypy-extensions, python3-requests, python3-w3lib, ripgrep
 X-Python3-Version: >= 3.7
 XS-Python-Version: >= 3.7
 Setup-Env-Vars: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck
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     data2/
     data3/
     output/
+    # vim
+    *.sw?