[outtmpl] Add type link for internet shortcut files

and refactor related code
Closes #1405

README.md

@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ To summarize, the general syntax for a field is:
 %(name[.keys][addition][>strf][,alternate][|default])[flags][width][.precision][length]type
 ```
 
-Additionally, you can set different output templates for the various metadata files separately from the general output template by specifying the type of file followed by the template separated by a colon `:`. The different file types supported are `subtitle`, `thumbnail`, `description`, `annotation` (deprecated), `infojson`, `pl_thumbnail`, `pl_description`, `pl_infojson`, `chapter`. For example, `-o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' -o 'thumbnail:%(title)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s'`  will put the thumbnails in a folder with the same name as the video. If any of the templates (except default) is empty, that type of file will not be written. Eg: `--write-thumbnail -o "thumbnail:"` will write thumbnails only for playlists and not for video.
+Additionally, you can set different output templates for the various metadata files separately from the general output template by specifying the type of file followed by the template separated by a colon `:`. The different file types supported are `subtitle`, `thumbnail`, `description`, `annotation` (deprecated), `infojson`, `link`, `pl_thumbnail`, `pl_description`, `pl_infojson`, `chapter`. For example, `-o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' -o 'thumbnail:%(title)s\%(title)s.%(ext)s'`  will put the thumbnails in a folder with the same name as the video. If any of the templates (except default) is empty, that type of file will not be written. Eg: `--write-thumbnail -o "thumbnail:"` will write thumbnails only for playlists and not for video.
 
 The available fields are:
 

yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ from .utils import (
     DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
     determine_ext,
     determine_protocol,
-    DOT_DESKTOP_LINK_TEMPLATE,
-    DOT_URL_LINK_TEMPLATE,
-    DOT_WEBLOC_LINK_TEMPLATE,
     DownloadError,
     encode_compat_str,
     encodeFilename,
@@ -77,6 +74,7 @@ from .utils import (
     iri_to_uri,
     ISO3166Utils,
     LazyList,
+    LINK_TEMPLATES,
     locked_file,
     make_dir,
     make_HTTPS_handler,
@@ -2665,52 +2663,40 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                     return
 
         # Write internet shortcut files
-        url_link = webloc_link = desktop_link = False
+        def _write_link_file(link_type):
-        if self.params.get('writelink', False):
-            if sys.platform == "darwin":  # macOS.
-                webloc_link = True
-            elif sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
-                desktop_link = True
-            else:  # if sys.platform in ['win32', 'cygwin']:
-                url_link = True
-        if self.params.get('writeurllink', False):
-            url_link = True
-        if self.params.get('writewebloclink', False):
-            webloc_link = True
-        if self.params.get('writedesktoplink', False):
-            desktop_link = True
-
-        if url_link or webloc_link or desktop_link:
             if 'webpage_url' not in info_dict:
                 self.report_error('Cannot write internet shortcut file because the "webpage_url" field is missing in the media information')
-                return
+                return False
-            ascii_url = iri_to_uri(info_dict['webpage_url'])
+            linkfn = replace_extension(self.prepare_filename(info_dict, 'link'), link_type, info_dict.get('ext'))
-
-        def _write_link_file(extension, template, newline, embed_filename):
-            linkfn = replace_extension(full_filename, extension, info_dict.get('ext'))
             if self.params.get('overwrites', True) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(linkfn)):
-                self.to_screen('[info] Internet shortcut is already present')
+                self.to_screen(f'[info] Internet shortcut (.{link_type}) is already present')
-            else:
+                return True
             try:
-                    self.to_screen('[info] Writing internet shortcut to: ' + linkfn)
+                self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing internet shortcut (.{link_type}) to: {linkfn}')
-                    with io.open(encodeFilename(to_high_limit_path(linkfn)), 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline=newline) as linkfile:
+                with io.open(encodeFilename(to_high_limit_path(linkfn)), 'w', encoding='utf-8',
-                        template_vars = {'url': ascii_url}
+                             newline='\r\n' if link_type == 'url' else '\n') as linkfile:
-                        if embed_filename:
+                    template_vars = {'url': iri_to_uri(info_dict['webpage_url'])}
-                            template_vars['filename'] = linkfn[:-(len(extension) + 1)]
+                    if link_type == 'desktop':
-                        linkfile.write(template % template_vars)
+                        template_vars['filename'] = linkfn[:-(len(link_type) + 1)]
+                    linkfile.write(LINK_TEMPLATES[link_type] % template_vars)
             except (OSError, IOError):
-                    self.report_error('Cannot write internet shortcut ' + linkfn)
+                self.report_error(f'Cannot write internet shortcut {linkfn}')
                 return False
             return True
 
-        if url_link:
+        write_links = {
-            if not _write_link_file('url', DOT_URL_LINK_TEMPLATE, '\r\n', embed_filename=False):
+            'url': self.params.get('writeurllink'),
-                return
+            'webloc': self.params.get('writewebloclink'),
-        if webloc_link:
+            'desktop': self.params.get('writedesktoplink'),
-            if not _write_link_file('webloc', DOT_WEBLOC_LINK_TEMPLATE, '\n', embed_filename=False):
+        }
-                return
+        if self.params.get('writelink'):
-        if desktop_link:
+            link_type = ('webloc' if sys.platform == 'darwin'
-            if not _write_link_file('desktop', DOT_DESKTOP_LINK_TEMPLATE, '\n', embed_filename=True):
+                         else 'desktop' if sys.platform.startswith('linux')
+                         else 'url')
+            write_links[link_type] = True
+
+        if any(should_write and not _write_link_file(link_type)
+               for link_type, should_write in write_links.items()):
             return
 
         try:

yt_dlp/utils.py

@@ -4503,6 +4503,7 @@ OUTTMPL_TYPES = {
     'description': 'description',
     'annotation': 'annotations.xml',
     'infojson': 'info.json',
+    'link': None,
     'pl_thumbnail': None,
     'pl_description': 'description',
     'pl_infojson': 'info.json',
@@ -6238,6 +6239,12 @@ URL=%(url)s
 Icon=text-html
 '''.lstrip()
 
+LINK_TEMPLATES = {
+    'url': DOT_URL_LINK_TEMPLATE,
+    'desktop': DOT_DESKTOP_LINK_TEMPLATE,
+    'webloc': DOT_WEBLOC_LINK_TEMPLATE,
+}
+
 
 def iri_to_uri(iri):
     """