Option to keep private keys in the infojson

Options: --clean-infojson, --no-clean-infojson

Related: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/42#issuecomment-800778391

README.md

@@ -423,6 +423,11 @@ Then simply run `make`. You can also run `make yt-dlp` instead to compile only t
                                      --write-description etc. (default)
     --no-write-playlist-metafiles    Do not write playlist metadata when using
                                      --write-info-json, --write-description etc.
+    --clean-infojson                 Remove some private fields such as
+                                     filenames from the infojson. Note that it
+                                     could still contain some personal
+                                     information (default)
+    --no-clean-infojson              Write all fields to the infojson
     --get-comments                   Retrieve video comments to be placed in the
                                      .info.json file. The comments are fetched
                                      even without this option if the extraction

yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     logtostderr:       Log messages to stderr instead of stdout.
     writedescription:  Write the video description to a .description file
     writeinfojson:     Write the video description to a .info.json file
+    clean_infojson:    Remove private fields from the infojson
     writecomments:     Extract video comments. This will not be written to disk
                        unless writeinfojson is also given
     writeannotations:  Write the video annotations to a .annotations.xml file
@@ -1201,7 +1202,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                     # playlist_info['entries'] = list(playlist_info['entries'])  # Entries is a generator which shouldnot be resolved here
                     self.to_screen('[info] Writing playlist metadata as JSON to: ' + infofn)
                     try:
-                        write_json_file(self.filter_requested_info(playlist_info), infofn)
+                        write_json_file(self.filter_requested_info(playlist_info, self.params.get('clean_infojson', True)), infofn)
                     except (OSError, IOError):
                         self.report_error('Cannot write playlist metadata to JSON file ' + infofn)
 
@@ -2046,7 +2047,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         print_mandatory('format')
         if self.params.get('forcejson', False):
             self.post_extract(info_dict)
-            self.to_stdout(json.dumps(info_dict))
+            self.to_stdout(json.dumps(info_dict, default=repr))
 
     def process_info(self, info_dict):
         """Process a single resolved IE result."""
@@ -2215,7 +2216,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             else:
                 self.to_screen('[info] Writing video metadata as JSON to: ' + infofn)
                 try:
-                    write_json_file(self.filter_requested_info(info_dict), infofn)
+                    write_json_file(self.filter_requested_info(info_dict, self.params.get('clean_infojson', True)), infofn)
                 except (OSError, IOError):
                     self.report_error('Cannot write video metadata to JSON file ' + infofn)
                     return
@@ -2504,7 +2505,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             else:
                 if self.params.get('dump_single_json', False):
                     self.post_extract(res)
-                    self.to_stdout(json.dumps(res))
+                    self.to_stdout(json.dumps(res, default=repr))
 
         return self._download_retcode
 
@@ -2526,7 +2527,9 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         return self._download_retcode
 
     @staticmethod
-    def filter_requested_info(info_dict):
+    def filter_requested_info(info_dict, actually_filter=True):
+        if not actually_filter:
+            return info_dict
         exceptions = {
             'remove': ['requested_formats', 'requested_subtitles', 'filepath', 'entries'],
             'keep': ['_type'],

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'writeannotations': opts.writeannotations,
         'writeinfojson': opts.writeinfojson,
         'allow_playlist_files': opts.allow_playlist_files,
+        'clean_infojson': opts.clean_infojson,
         'getcomments': opts.getcomments,
         'writethumbnail': opts.writethumbnail,
         'write_all_thumbnails': opts.write_all_thumbnails,

yt_dlp/options.py

@@ -985,6 +985,16 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         help=(
             'Do not write playlist metadata when using '
             '--write-info-json, --write-description etc.'))
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--clean-infojson',
+        action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=True,
+        help=(
+            'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
+            'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--no-clean-infojson',
+        action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
+        help='Write all fields to the infojson')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--get-comments',
         action='store_true', dest='getcomments', default=False,

yt_dlp/utils.py

@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ def write_json_file(obj, fn):
 
     try:
         with tf:
-            json.dump(obj, tf)
+            json.dump(obj, tf, default=repr)
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             # Need to remove existing file on Windows, else os.rename raises
             # WindowsError or FileExistsError.