--ie-key cli option

haruhi_dl/HaruhiDL.py

@@ -787,6 +787,9 @@ class HaruhiDL(object):
         if not ie_key and force_generic_extractor:
             ie_key = 'Generic'
 
+        if not ie_key:
+            ie_key = self.params.get('ie_key')
+
         if ie_key:
             ies = [self.get_info_extractor(ie_key)]
         else:

haruhi_dl/__init__.py

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'restrictfilenames': opts.restrictfilenames,
         'ignoreerrors': opts.ignoreerrors,
         'force_generic_extractor': opts.force_generic_extractor,
+        'ie_key': opts.ie_key,
         'ratelimit': opts.ratelimit,
         'nooverwrites': opts.nooverwrites,
         'retries': opts.retries,

haruhi_dl/options.py

@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ 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(
+        '--ie-key',
+        action='store', dest='ie_key', default=None,
+        help='Use the specified extractor (for performance improvements on some automated commands)')
     general.add_option(
         '--default-search',
         dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',