.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml

   1 name: Feature request
   2 description: Request a new functionality unrelated to any particular site or extractor
   3 labels: [triage, enhancement]
   4 body:
   5   - type: checkboxes
   6     attributes:
   7       label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
   8       description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
   9       options:
  10         - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
  11           required: true
  12   - type: checkboxes
  13     id: checklist
  14     attributes:
  15       label: Checklist
  16       description: |
  17         Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
  18       options:
  19         - label: I'm requesting a feature unrelated to a specific site
  20           required: true
  21         - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
  22           required: true
  23         - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
  24           required: true
  25         - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
  26           required: true
  27         - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
  28           required: true
  29   - type: textarea
  30     id: description
  31     attributes:
  32       label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
  33       description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
  34       placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
  35     validations:
  36       required: true
  37   - type: checkboxes
  38     id: verbose
  39     attributes:
  40       label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
  41       options:
  42         - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
  43         - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
  44           required: false
  45         - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
  46   - type: textarea
  47     id: log
  48     attributes:
  49       label: Complete Verbose Output
  50       description: |
  51         It should start like this:
  52       placeholder: |
  53         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
  54         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
  55         [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds [1a176d874] (win_exe)
  56         [debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.20348-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
  57         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 7.0.2 (setts), ffprobe 7.0.2
  58         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-13.1
  59         [debug] Proxy map: {}
  60         [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
  61         [debug] Loaded 1838 extractors
  62         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
  63         Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
  64         yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
  65         [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
  66         <more lines>
  67       render: shell
  68   - type: markdown
  69     attributes:
  70       value: |
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