pyproject.toml

@@ -304,25 +304,13 @@ banned-from = [
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.flake8-tidy-imports.banned-api]
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_str".msg = "Use `str` instead."
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_b64decode".msg = "Use `base64.b64decode` instead."
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_urlparse".msg = "Use `urllib.parse` instead."
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_parse_qs".msg = "Use `urllib.parse.parse_qs` instead."
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_urllib_parse_unquote".msg = "Use `urllib.parse.unquote` instead."
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_urllib_parse_urlencode".msg = "Use `urllib.parse.urlencode` instead."
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_urllib_parse_urlparse".msg = "Use `urllib.parse.urlparse` instead."
-"yt_dlp.compat.compat_shlex_quote".msg = "Use `yt_dlp.utils.shell_quote` instead."
-"yt_dlp.utils.error_to_compat_str".msg = "Use `str` instead."
-"yt_dlp.utils.bytes_to_intlist".msg = "Use `list` instead."
-"yt_dlp.utils.intlist_to_bytes".msg = "Use `bytes` instead."
-"yt_dlp.utils.decodeArgument".msg = "Do not use"
-"yt_dlp.utils.decodeFilename".msg = "Do not use"
-"yt_dlp.utils.encodeFilename".msg = "Do not use"
 "yt_dlp.compat.compat_os_name".msg = "Use `os.name` instead."
 "yt_dlp.compat.compat_realpath".msg = "Use `os.path.realpath` instead."
+"yt_dlp.compat.compat_shlex_quote".msg = "Use `yt_dlp.utils.shell_quote` instead."
 "yt_dlp.compat.functools".msg = "Use `functools` instead."
-"yt_dlp.utils.decodeOption".msg = "Do not use"
+"yt_dlp.utils.bytes_to_intlist".msg = "Use `list` instead."
 "yt_dlp.utils.compiled_regex_type".msg = "Use `re.Pattern` instead."
+"yt_dlp.utils.intlist_to_bytes".msg = "Use `bytes` instead."
 
 [tool.autopep8]
 max_line_length = 120

yt_dlp/update.py

@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ class UpdateInfo:
     binary_name: str | None = _get_binary_name()  # noqa: RUF009: Always returns the same value
     checksum: str | None = None
 
+    _has_update = True
+
 
 class Updater:
     # XXX: use class variables to simplify testing
@@ -559,14 +561,62 @@ class Updater:
             f'Unable to {action}{delim} visit  '
             f'https://github.com/{self.requested_repo}/releases/{path}', True)
 
+    # XXX: Everything below this line in this class is deprecated / for compat only
+    @property
+    def _target_tag(self):
+        """Deprecated; requested tag with 'tags/' prepended when necessary for API calls"""
+        return f'tags/{self.requested_tag}' if self.requested_tag != 'latest' else self.requested_tag
+
+    def _check_update(self):
+        """Deprecated; report whether there is an update available"""
+        return bool(self.query_update(_output=True))
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attribute: str):
+        """Compat getter function for deprecated attributes"""
+        deprecated_props_map = {
+            'check_update': '_check_update',
+            'target_tag': '_target_tag',
+            'target_channel': 'requested_channel',
+        }
+        update_info_props_map = {
+            'has_update': '_has_update',
+            'new_version': 'version',
+            'latest_version': 'requested_version',
+            'release_name': 'binary_name',
+            'release_hash': 'checksum',
+        }
+
+        if attribute not in deprecated_props_map and attribute not in update_info_props_map:
+            raise AttributeError(f'{type(self).__name__!r} object has no attribute {attribute!r}')
+
+        msg = f'{type(self).__name__}.{attribute} is deprecated and will be removed in a future version'
+        if attribute in deprecated_props_map:
+            source_name = deprecated_props_map[attribute]
+            if not source_name.startswith('_'):
+                msg += f'. Please use {source_name!r} instead'
+            source = self
+            mapping = deprecated_props_map
+
+        else:  # attribute in update_info_props_map
+            msg += '. Please call query_update() instead'
+            source = self.query_update()
+            if source is None:
+                source = UpdateInfo('', None, None, None)
+                source._has_update = False
+            mapping = update_info_props_map
+
+        deprecation_warning(msg)
+        for target_name, source_name in mapping.items():
+            value = getattr(source, source_name)
+            setattr(self, target_name, value)
+
+        return getattr(self, attribute)
+
 
 def run_update(ydl):
     """Update the program file with the latest version from the repository
     @returns    Whether there was a successful update (No update = False)
     """
-    deprecation_warning(
-        '"yt_dlp.update.run_update(ydl)" is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. '
-        'Use "yt_dlp.update.Updater(ydl).update()" instead')
     return Updater(ydl).update()