[utils] Add dict_get convenience method

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 1c3290d9b..e3dd019af 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from youtube_dl.utils import (
     DateRange,
     detect_exe_version,
     determine_ext,
+    dict_get,
     encode_compat_str,
     encodeFilename,
     escape_rfc3986,
@@ -450,6 +451,19 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         data = urlencode_postdata({'username': '[email protected]', 'password': '1234'})
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(data, bytes))
 
+    def test_dict_get(self):
+        d = {
+            'a': 42,
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, 'a'), 42)
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, 'b'), None)
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, 'b', 42), 42)
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, ('a', )), 42)
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, ('b', 'a', )), 42)
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, ('b', 'c', 'a', 'd', )), 42)
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, ('b', 'c', )), None)
+        self.assertEqual(dict_get(d, ('b', 'c', ), 42), 42)
+
     def test_encode_compat_str(self):
         self.assertEqual(encode_compat_str(b'\xd1\x82\xd0\xb5\xd1\x81\xd1\x82', 'utf-8'), 'тест')
         self.assertEqual(encode_compat_str('тест', 'utf-8'), 'тест')