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API/HTTP.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 from API.ssl_certs import resolve_verify_value as _resolve_verify_value
 from API.ssl_certs import get_requests_verify_value
+from API.httpx_shared import get_shared_httpx_client
 
 # Default configuration
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30.0
@@ -504,17 +505,18 @@ class HTTPClient:
                 if ("certificate verify failed" in msg or "unable to get local issuer certificate" in msg):
                     logger.info("Certificate verification failed; attempting to retry with a system-aware CA bundle")
                     try:
-                        import httpx as _httpx
+                        temp_client = get_shared_httpx_client(
-                        # Use the client's precomputed verify argument (set at init)
+                            timeout=self.timeout,
-                        verify_override = self._httpx_verify
+                            verify_ssl=self._httpx_verify,
-                        with _httpx.Client(timeout=self.timeout, verify=verify_override, headers=self._get_headers()) as temp_client:
+                            headers=self._get_headers(),
-                            try:
+                        )
-                                response = temp_client.request(method, url, **kwargs)
+                        try:
-                                if raise_for_status:
+                            response = temp_client.request(method, url, **kwargs)
-                                    response.raise_for_status()
+                            if raise_for_status:
-                                return response
+                                response.raise_for_status()
-                            except Exception as e2:
+                            return response
-                                last_exception = e2
+                        except Exception as e2:
+                            last_exception = e2
                     except Exception:
                         # certifi/pip-system-certs/httpx not available; fall back to existing retry behavior
                         pass
@@ -530,17 +532,18 @@ class HTTPClient:
                 if ("certificate verify failed" in msg or "unable to get local issuer certificate" in msg):
                     logger.info("Certificate verification failed; attempting to retry with a system-aware CA bundle")
                     try:
-                        import httpx as _httpx
+                        temp_client = get_shared_httpx_client(
-                        # Use the client's precomputed verify argument (set at init)
+                            timeout=self.timeout,
-                        verify_override = self._httpx_verify
+                            verify_ssl=self._httpx_verify,
-                        with _httpx.Client(timeout=self.timeout, verify=verify_override, headers=self._get_headers()) as temp_client:
+                            headers=self._get_headers(),
-                            try:
+                        )
-                                response = temp_client.request(method, url, **kwargs)
+                        try:
-                                if raise_for_status:
+                            response = temp_client.request(method, url, **kwargs)
-                                    response.raise_for_status()
+                            if raise_for_status:
-                                return response
+                                response.raise_for_status()
-                            except Exception as e2:
+                            return response
-                                last_exception = e2
+                        except Exception as e2:
+                            last_exception = e2
                     except Exception:
                         # certifi/pip-system-certs/httpx not available; fall back to existing retry behavior
                         pass

API/httpx_shared.py

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 """Shared `httpx.Client` helper.
 
 Creating short-lived httpx clients disables connection pooling and costs extra CPU.
-This module provides a small singleton client for callers that just need basic
+This module provides a small keyed client cache for callers that just need basic
 GETs without the full HTTPClient wrapper.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import atexit
+from collections import OrderedDict
 import threading
-from typing import Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -20,39 +22,85 @@ _DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = (
 )
 
 _lock = threading.Lock()
-_shared_client: Optional[httpx.Client] = None
+_MAX_SHARED_CLIENTS = 8
+_shared_clients: "OrderedDict[Tuple[float, Tuple[str, str], Tuple[Tuple[str, str], ...]], httpx.Client]" = OrderedDict()
+
+
+def _normalize_headers(headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]]) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    normalized: Dict[str, str] = {"User-Agent": _DEFAULT_USER_AGENT}
+    if headers:
+        normalized.update({str(k): str(v) for k, v in headers.items()})
+    return normalized
+
+
+def _verify_key(verify_value: Any) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+    if isinstance(verify_value, bool):
+        return ("bool", "1" if verify_value else "0")
+    if isinstance(verify_value, str):
+        return ("str", verify_value)
+    return ("obj", str(id(verify_value)))
+
+
+def _client_key(
+    *,
+    timeout: float,
+    verify_value: Any,
+    merged_headers: Dict[str, str],
+) -> Tuple[float, Tuple[str, str], Tuple[Tuple[str, str], ...]]:
+    header_items = tuple(
+        sorted((str(k).lower(), str(v)) for k, v in merged_headers.items())
+    )
+    return (float(timeout), _verify_key(verify_value), header_items)
 
 
 def get_shared_httpx_client(
     *,
     timeout: float = 30.0,
-    verify_ssl: bool = True,
+    verify_ssl: bool | str = True,
     headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
 ) -> httpx.Client:
-    """Return a process-wide shared synchronous httpx.Client."""
+    """Return a shared synchronous httpx.Client for a specific config key."""
 
-    global _shared_client
+    verify_value = resolve_verify_value(verify_ssl)
-    if _shared_client is None:
+    merged_headers = _normalize_headers(headers)
-        with _lock:
+    key = _client_key(
-            if _shared_client is None:
+        timeout=timeout,
-                base_headers = {"User-Agent": _DEFAULT_USER_AGENT}
+        verify_value=verify_value,
-                if headers:
+        merged_headers=merged_headers,
-                    base_headers.update({str(k): str(v) for k, v in headers.items()})
+    )
-                _shared_client = httpx.Client(
-                    timeout=timeout,
-                    verify=resolve_verify_value(verify_ssl),
-                    headers=base_headers,
-                )
 
-    return _shared_client
+    with _lock:
+        existing = _shared_clients.get(key)
+        if existing is not None:
+            _shared_clients.move_to_end(key)
+            return existing
+
+        client = httpx.Client(
+            timeout=timeout,
+            verify=verify_value,
+            headers=merged_headers,
+        )
+        _shared_clients[key] = client
+
+        while len(_shared_clients) > _MAX_SHARED_CLIENTS:
+            _, old_client = _shared_clients.popitem(last=False)
+            try:
+                old_client.close()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        return client
 
 
 def close_shared_httpx_client() -> None:
-    global _shared_client
+    with _lock:
-    client = _shared_client
+        clients = list(_shared_clients.values())
-    _shared_client = None
+        _shared_clients.clear()
-    if client is not None:
+    for client in clients:
         try:
             client.close()
         except Exception:
             pass
+
+
+atexit.register(close_shared_httpx_client)

API/requests_client.py

@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ This module intentionally avoids importing the heavy httpx-based stack.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import atexit
+from collections import OrderedDict
 import threading
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
+from weakref import WeakSet
 
 import requests
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
@@ -23,6 +26,40 @@ _DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = (
 )
 
 _local = threading.local()
+_MAX_SESSIONS_PER_THREAD = 4
+_session_registry_lock = threading.Lock()
+_all_sessions: "WeakSet[requests.Session]" = WeakSet()
+
+
+def _session_key(
+    *,
+    user_agent: str,
+    verify_ssl: bool,
+    pool_connections: int,
+    pool_maxsize: int,
+) -> Tuple[str, Any, int, int]:
+    return (
+        str(user_agent or _DEFAULT_USER_AGENT),
+        resolve_verify_value(verify_ssl),
+        int(pool_connections),
+        int(pool_maxsize),
+    )
+
+
+def _get_thread_session_cache() -> "OrderedDict[Tuple[str, Any, int, int], requests.Session]":
+    cache = getattr(_local, "session_cache", None)
+    if cache is None:
+        cache = OrderedDict()
+        _local.session_cache = cache
+    return cache
+
+
+def _register_session(session: requests.Session) -> None:
+    try:
+        with _session_registry_lock:
+            _all_sessions.add(session)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
 
 
 def get_requests_session(
@@ -32,24 +69,44 @@ def get_requests_session(
     pool_connections: int = 16,
     pool_maxsize: int = 16,
 ) -> requests.Session:
-    """Return a thread-local shared Session configured for pooling."""
+    """Return a thread-local pooled Session keyed by config values."""
 
-    session: Optional[requests.Session] = getattr(_local, "session", None)
+    key = _session_key(
-    if session is not None:
+        user_agent=user_agent,
-        return session
+        verify_ssl=verify_ssl,
+        pool_connections=pool_connections,
+        pool_maxsize=pool_maxsize,
+    )
+    cache = _get_thread_session_cache()
+
+    existing = cache.get(key)
+    if existing is not None:
+        cache.move_to_end(key)
+        return existing
 
     session = requests.Session()
-    session.headers.update({"User-Agent": str(user_agent or _DEFAULT_USER_AGENT)})
+    session.headers.update({"User-Agent": key[0]})
 
     # Expand connection pool; keep max_retries=0 to avoid semantic changes.
-    adapter = HTTPAdapter(pool_connections=pool_connections, pool_maxsize=pool_maxsize, max_retries=0)
+    adapter = HTTPAdapter(
+        pool_connections=pool_connections,
+        pool_maxsize=pool_maxsize,
+        max_retries=0,
+    )
     session.mount("http://", adapter)
     session.mount("https://", adapter)
 
     # Configure verify once.
-    session.verify = resolve_verify_value(verify_ssl)
+    session.verify = key[1]
+    _register_session(session)
 
-    _local.session = session
+    cache[key] = session
+    while len(cache) > _MAX_SESSIONS_PER_THREAD:
+        _, old_session = cache.popitem(last=False)
+        try:
+            old_session.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
     return session
 
 
@@ -66,3 +123,36 @@ def request(
 
     sess = get_requests_session()
     return sess.request(method, url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
+
+
+def close_requests_sessions() -> None:
+    """Close cached requests sessions for the current thread and global registry."""
+
+    cache = getattr(_local, "session_cache", None)
+    if cache:
+        try:
+            sessions = list(cache.values())
+            cache.clear()
+        except Exception:
+            sessions = []
+        for session in sessions:
+            try:
+                session.close()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+    try:
+        with _session_registry_lock:
+            all_sessions = list(_all_sessions)
+            _all_sessions.clear()
+    except Exception:
+        all_sessions = []
+
+    for session in all_sessions:
+        try:
+            session.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
+atexit.register(close_requests_sessions)

Provider/HIFI.py

@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ class HIFI(Provider):
                 from API.httpx_shared import get_shared_httpx_client
 
                 timeout_val = float(getattr(self, "api_timeout", 10.0))
-                client = get_shared_httpx_client(timeout=timeout_val)
+                client = get_shared_httpx_client()
                 resp = client.get(resolved_text, timeout=timeout_val)
                 resp.raise_for_status()
                 content = resp.content

Provider/Tidal.py

@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ class Tidal(Provider):
                 from API.httpx_shared import get_shared_httpx_client
 
                 timeout_val = float(getattr(self, "api_timeout", 10.0))
-                client = get_shared_httpx_client(timeout=timeout_val)
+                client = get_shared_httpx_client()
                 resp = client.get(resolved_text, timeout=timeout_val)
                 resp.raise_for_status()
                 content = resp.content

Provider/metadata_provider.py

@@ -74,6 +74,54 @@ class MetadataProvider(ABC):
         tags.append(f"source:{self.name}")
         return tags
 
+    def search_tags(self, query: str, limit: int = 1) -> List[str]:
+        """Return tags for the best match from `search(query)`.
+
+        Providers can override this when tags should be extracted differently from
+        the default search->first-item->to_tags flow.
+        """
+
+        try:
+            items = self.search(query, limit=max(1, int(limit)))
+        except Exception:
+            return []
+        if not items:
+            return []
+        try:
+            return [str(t) for t in self.to_tags(items[0]) if t is not None]
+        except Exception:
+            return []
+
+    def identifier_query(self, identifiers: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Return provider-specific identifier query text from parsed identifiers."""
+
+        _ = identifiers
+        return None
+
+    def combined_query(
+        self,
+        *,
+        title_hint: Optional[str],
+        artist_hint: Optional[str],
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Return provider-specific title+artist query text."""
+
+        _ = title_hint
+        _ = artist_hint
+        return None
+
+    def extract_url_query(self, result: Any, get_field: Any) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Return provider-specific URL query derived from a piped result."""
+
+        _ = result
+        _ = get_field
+        return None
+
+    def emits_direct_tags(self) -> bool:
+        """True when provider should skip selection table and emit tags directly."""
+
+        return False
+
 
 class ITunesProvider(MetadataProvider):
     """Metadata provider using the iTunes Search API."""
@@ -112,6 +160,21 @@ class ITunesProvider(MetadataProvider):
         debug(f"iTunes returned {len(items)} items for '{query}'")
         return items
 
+    def identifier_query(self, identifiers: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
+        return identifiers.get("musicbrainz") or identifiers.get("musicbrainzalbum")
+
+    def combined_query(
+        self,
+        *,
+        title_hint: Optional[str],
+        artist_hint: Optional[str],
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        title_text = str(title_hint or "").strip()
+        artist_text = str(artist_hint or "").strip()
+        if not title_text or not artist_text:
+            return None
+        return f"{title_text} {artist_text}"
+
 
 class OpenLibraryMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
     """Metadata provider for OpenLibrary book metadata."""
@@ -220,6 +283,14 @@ class OpenLibraryMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
         tags.append(f"source:{self.name}")
         return tags
 
+    def identifier_query(self, identifiers: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
+        return (
+            identifiers.get("isbn_13")
+            or identifiers.get("isbn_10")
+            or identifiers.get("isbn")
+            or identifiers.get("openlibrary")
+        )
+
 
 class GoogleBooksMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
     """Metadata provider for Google Books volumes API."""
@@ -329,6 +400,14 @@ class GoogleBooksMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
         tags.append(f"source:{self.name}")
         return tags
 
+    def identifier_query(self, identifiers: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
+        return (
+            identifiers.get("isbn_13")
+            or identifiers.get("isbn_10")
+            or identifiers.get("isbn")
+            or identifiers.get("openlibrary")
+        )
+
 
 class ISBNsearchMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
     """Metadata provider that scrapes isbnsearch.org by ISBN.
@@ -624,6 +703,18 @@ class MusicBrainzMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
             tags.append(f"musicbrainz:{mbid}")
         return tags
 
+    def combined_query(
+        self,
+        *,
+        title_hint: Optional[str],
+        artist_hint: Optional[str],
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        title_text = str(title_hint or "").strip()
+        artist_text = str(artist_hint or "").strip()
+        if not title_text or not artist_text:
+            return None
+        return f'recording:"{title_text}" AND artist:"{artist_text}"'
+
 
 class ImdbMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
     """Metadata provider for IMDb titles (movies/series/episodes)."""
@@ -757,6 +848,9 @@ class ImdbMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
             deduped.append(s)
         return deduped
 
+    def identifier_query(self, identifiers: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
+        return identifiers.get("imdb")
+
 
 class YtdlpMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
     """Metadata provider that extracts tags from a supported URL using yt-dlp.
@@ -904,6 +998,23 @@ class YtdlpMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
             out.append(s)
         return out
 
+    def extract_url_query(self, result: Any, get_field: Any) -> Optional[str]:
+        raw_url = (
+            get_field(result, "url", None)
+            or get_field(result, "source_url", None)
+            or get_field(result, "target", None)
+        )
+        if isinstance(raw_url, list) and raw_url:
+            raw_url = raw_url[0]
+        if isinstance(raw_url, str):
+            text = raw_url.strip()
+            if text.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
+                return text
+        return None
+
+    def emits_direct_tags(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
 
 def _coerce_archive_field_list(value: Any) -> List[str]:
     """Coerce an Archive.org metadata field to a list of strings."""

SYS/cmdlet_spec.py

@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Set
+
+from SYS.logger import log
+
+
+@dataclass
+class CmdletArg:
+    """Represents a single cmdlet argument with optional enum choices."""
+
+    name: str
+    type: str = "string"
+    required: bool = False
+    description: str = ""
+    choices: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    alias: str = ""
+    handler: Optional[Any] = None
+    variadic: bool = False
+    usage: str = ""
+    requires_db: bool = False
+    query_key: Optional[str] = None
+    query_aliases: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    query_only: bool = False
+
+    def resolve(self, value: Any) -> Any:
+        if self.handler is not None and callable(self.handler):
+            return self.handler(value)
+        return value
+
+    def to_flags(self) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+        flags = [f"--{self.name}", f"-{self.name}"]
+        if self.alias:
+            flags.append(f"-{self.alias}")
+
+        if self.type == "flag":
+            flags.append(f"--no-{self.name}")
+            flags.append(f"-no{self.name}")
+            if self.alias:
+                flags.append(f"-n{self.alias}")
+
+        return tuple(flags)
+
+
+def QueryArg(
+    name: str,
+    *,
+    key: Optional[str] = None,
+    aliases: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
+    type: str = "string",
+    required: bool = False,
+    description: str = "",
+    choices: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
+    handler: Optional[Any] = None,
+    query_only: bool = True,
+) -> CmdletArg:
+    """Create an argument that can be populated from `-query` fields."""
+
+    return CmdletArg(
+        name=str(name),
+        type=str(type or "string"),
+        required=bool(required),
+        description=str(description or ""),
+        choices=list(choices or []),
+        handler=handler,
+        query_key=str(key or name).strip().lower() if str(key or name).strip() else None,
+        query_aliases=[str(a).strip().lower() for a in (aliases or []) if str(a).strip()],
+        query_only=bool(query_only),
+    )
+
+
+class SharedArgs:
+    """Registry of shared CmdletArg definitions used across multiple cmdlet."""
+
+    STORE = CmdletArg(
+        name="store",
+        type="enum",
+        choices=[],
+        description="Selects store",
+        query_key="store",
+    )
+
+    URL = CmdletArg(
+        name="url",
+        type="string",
+        description="http parser",
+    )
+
+    PROVIDER = CmdletArg(
+        name="provider",
+        type="string",
+        description="selects provider",
+    )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_store_choices(config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, force: bool = False) -> List[str]:
+        if not force and hasattr(SharedArgs, "_cached_available_stores"):
+            return SharedArgs._cached_available_stores or []
+
+        if not force:
+            SharedArgs._refresh_store_choices_cache(config, skip_instantiation=True)
+        else:
+            SharedArgs._refresh_store_choices_cache(config, skip_instantiation=False)
+        return SharedArgs._cached_available_stores or []
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _refresh_store_choices_cache(config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, skip_instantiation: bool = False) -> None:
+        try:
+            if config is None:
+                try:
+                    from SYS.config import load_config
+
+                    config = load_config()
+                except Exception:
+                    SharedArgs._cached_available_stores = []
+                    return
+
+            try:
+                from Store.registry import list_configured_backend_names
+
+                SharedArgs._cached_available_stores = list_configured_backend_names(config) or []
+            except Exception:
+                SharedArgs._cached_available_stores = []
+
+            if skip_instantiation:
+                return
+
+            try:
+                from Store.registry import Store as StoreRegistry
+
+                registry = StoreRegistry(config=config, suppress_debug=True)
+                available = registry.list_backends()
+                if available:
+                    SharedArgs._cached_available_stores = available
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        except Exception:
+            SharedArgs._cached_available_stores = []
+
+    LOCATION = CmdletArg(
+        "location",
+        type="enum",
+        choices=["hydrus", "0x0"],
+        required=True,
+        description="Destination location",
+    )
+
+    DELETE = CmdletArg(
+        "delete",
+        type="flag",
+        description="Delete the file after successful operation.",
+    )
+
+    ARTIST = CmdletArg(
+        "artist",
+        type="string",
+        description="Filter by artist name (case-insensitive, partial match).",
+    )
+
+    ALBUM = CmdletArg(
+        "album",
+        type="string",
+        description="Filter by album name (case-insensitive, partial match).",
+    )
+
+    TRACK = CmdletArg(
+        "track",
+        type="string",
+        description="Filter by track title (case-insensitive, partial match).",
+    )
+
+    LIBRARY = CmdletArg(
+        "library",
+        type="string",
+        choices=["hydrus", "local", "soulseek", "libgen", "ftp"],
+        description="Search library or source location.",
+    )
+
+    TIMEOUT = CmdletArg(
+        "timeout",
+        type="integer",
+        description="Search or operation timeout in seconds.",
+    )
+
+    LIMIT = CmdletArg(
+        "limit",
+        type="integer",
+        description="Maximum number of results to return.",
+    )
+
+    PATH = CmdletArg("path", type="string", description="File or directory path.")
+
+    QUERY = CmdletArg(
+        "query",
+        type="string",
+        description="Unified query string (e.g., hash:<sha256>, hash:{<h1>,<h2>}).",
+    )
+
+    REASON = CmdletArg(
+        "reason",
+        type="string",
+        description="Reason or explanation for the operation.",
+    )
+
+    ARCHIVE = CmdletArg(
+        "archive",
+        type="flag",
+        description="Archive the URL to Wayback Machine, Archive.today, and Archive.ph (requires URL argument in cmdlet).",
+        alias="arch",
+    )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def resolve_storage(
+        storage_value: Optional[str],
+        default: Optional[Path] = None,
+    ) -> Path:
+        _ = storage_value
+        if default is not None:
+            return default
+        return Path(tempfile.gettempdir())
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, name: str) -> Optional[CmdletArg]:
+        try:
+            return getattr(cls, name.upper())
+        except AttributeError:
+            return None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Cmdlet:
+    """Represents a cmdlet with metadata and arguments."""
+
+    name: str
+    summary: str
+    usage: str
+    alias: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    arg: List[CmdletArg] = field(default_factory=list)
+    detail: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    examples: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    exec: Optional[Callable[[Any, Sequence[str], Dict[str, Any]], int]] = field(default=None)
+
+    def _collect_names(self) -> List[str]:
+        names: List[str] = []
+        if self.name:
+            names.append(self.name)
+        for alias in self.alias or []:
+            if alias:
+                names.append(alias)
+        for alias in getattr(self, "aliases", None) or []:
+            if alias:
+                names.append(alias)
+
+        seen: Set[str] = set()
+        deduped: List[str] = []
+        for name in names:
+            key = name.replace("_", "-").lower()
+            if key in seen:
+                continue
+            seen.add(key)
+            deduped.append(name)
+        return deduped
+
+    def register(self) -> "Cmdlet":
+        if not callable(self.exec):
+            return self
+        try:
+            from cmdlet import register_callable as _register_callable
+        except Exception:
+            return self
+
+        names = self._collect_names()
+        if not names:
+            return self
+
+        _register_callable(names, self.exec)
+        return self
+
+    def get_flags(self, arg_name: str) -> set[str]:
+        return {f"-{arg_name}", f"--{arg_name}"}
+
+    def build_flag_registry(self) -> Dict[str, set[str]]:
+        return {arg.name: self.get_flags(arg.name) for arg in self.arg}
+
+
+def parse_cmdlet_args(
+    args: Sequence[str],
+    cmdlet_spec: Dict[str, Any] | Cmdlet,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Parse command-line arguments based on cmdlet specification."""
+
+    result: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    arg_specs_raw = getattr(cmdlet_spec, "arg", None)
+    if arg_specs_raw is None or not isinstance(arg_specs_raw, (list, tuple)):
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"Expected cmdlet-like object with an 'arg' list, got {type(cmdlet_spec).__name__}"
+        )
+
+    arg_specs: List[Any] = list(arg_specs_raw)
+    positional_args: List[CmdletArg] = []
+    query_mapped_args: List[CmdletArg] = []
+
+    arg_spec_map: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    arg_spec_by_canonical: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    for spec in arg_specs:
+        name = getattr(spec, "name", None)
+        if not name:
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            if getattr(spec, "query_key", None):
+                query_mapped_args.append(spec)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        name_str = str(name)
+        canonical_name = name_str.lstrip("-")
+        canonical_key = canonical_name.lower()
+
+        try:
+            if bool(getattr(spec, "query_only", False)):
+                continue
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        arg_spec_by_canonical[canonical_key] = spec
+
+        if "-" not in name_str:
+            positional_args.append(spec)
+
+        arg_spec_map[canonical_key] = canonical_name
+        arg_spec_map[f"-{canonical_name}".lower()] = canonical_name
+        arg_spec_map[f"--{canonical_name}".lower()] = canonical_name
+
+    i = 0
+    positional_index = 0
+
+    while i < len(args):
+        token = str(args[i])
+        token_lower = token.lower()
+
+        if token_lower in {"-hash", "--hash"} and token_lower not in arg_spec_map:
+            try:
+                log(
+                    'Legacy flag -hash is no longer supported. Use: -query "hash:<sha256>"',
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            i += 1
+            continue
+
+        if token_lower in arg_spec_map:
+            canonical_name = arg_spec_map[token_lower]
+            spec = arg_spec_by_canonical.get(canonical_name.lower())
+
+            is_flag = bool(spec and str(getattr(spec, "type", "")).lower() == "flag")
+
+            if is_flag:
+                result[canonical_name] = True
+                i += 1
+            else:
+                if i + 1 < len(args) and not str(args[i + 1]).startswith("-"):
+                    value = args[i + 1]
+
+                    is_variadic = bool(spec and getattr(spec, "variadic", False))
+                    if is_variadic:
+                        if canonical_name not in result:
+                            result[canonical_name] = []
+                        elif not isinstance(result[canonical_name], list):
+                            result[canonical_name] = [result[canonical_name]]
+                        result[canonical_name].append(value)
+                    else:
+                        result[canonical_name] = value
+                    i += 2
+                else:
+                    i += 1
+        elif positional_index < len(positional_args):
+            positional_spec = positional_args[positional_index]
+            canonical_name = str(getattr(positional_spec, "name", "")).lstrip("-")
+            is_variadic = bool(getattr(positional_spec, "variadic", False))
+
+            if is_variadic:
+                if canonical_name not in result:
+                    result[canonical_name] = []
+                elif not isinstance(result[canonical_name], list):
+                    result[canonical_name] = [result[canonical_name]]
+
+                result[canonical_name].append(token)
+                i += 1
+            else:
+                result[canonical_name] = token
+                positional_index += 1
+                i += 1
+        else:
+            i += 1
+
+    try:
+        raw_query = result.get("query")
+    except Exception:
+        raw_query = None
+
+    if query_mapped_args and raw_query is not None:
+        try:
+            from SYS.cli_syntax import parse_query as _parse_query
+
+            parsed_query = _parse_query(str(raw_query))
+            fields = parsed_query.get("fields", {}) if isinstance(parsed_query, dict) else {}
+            norm_fields = (
+                {str(k).strip().lower(): v for k, v in fields.items()}
+                if isinstance(fields, dict)
+                else {}
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            norm_fields = {}
+
+        for spec in query_mapped_args:
+            canonical_name = str(getattr(spec, "name", "") or "").lstrip("-")
+            if not canonical_name:
+                continue
+            if canonical_name in result and result.get(canonical_name) not in (None, ""):
+                continue
+            try:
+                key = str(getattr(spec, "query_key", "") or "").strip().lower()
+                aliases = getattr(spec, "query_aliases", None)
+                alias_list = [str(a).strip().lower() for a in (aliases or []) if str(a).strip()]
+            except Exception:
+                key = ""
+                alias_list = []
+            candidates = [k for k in [key, canonical_name] + alias_list if k]
+            val = None
+            for k in candidates:
+                if k in norm_fields:
+                    val = norm_fields.get(k)
+                    break
+            if val is None:
+                continue
+            try:
+                result[canonical_name] = spec.resolve(val)
+            except Exception:
+                result[canonical_name] = val
+
+    return result

Store/HydrusNetwork.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
 import httpx
+from API.httpx_shared import get_shared_httpx_client
 
 from SYS.logger import debug, log
 from SYS.utils_constant import mime_maps
@@ -198,29 +199,28 @@ class HydrusNetwork(Store):
             api_version_url = f"{self.URL}/api_version"
             verify_key_url = f"{self.URL}/verify_access_key"
             try:
-                with httpx.Client(timeout=5.0,
+                client = get_shared_httpx_client(timeout=5.0, verify_ssl=False)
-                                  verify=False,
+                version_resp = client.get(api_version_url, follow_redirects=True)
-                                  follow_redirects=True) as client:
+                version_resp.raise_for_status()
-                    version_resp = client.get(api_version_url)
+                version_payload = version_resp.json()
-                    version_resp.raise_for_status()
+                if not isinstance(version_payload, dict):
-                    version_payload = version_resp.json()
+                    raise RuntimeError(
-                    if not isinstance(version_payload, dict):
+                        "Hydrus /api_version returned an unexpected response"
-                        raise RuntimeError(
+                    )
-                            "Hydrus /api_version returned an unexpected response"
+
-                        )
+                verify_resp = client.get(
-
+                    verify_key_url,
-                    verify_resp = client.get(
+                    headers={
-                        verify_key_url,
+                        "Hydrus-Client-API-Access-Key": self.API
-                        headers={
+                    },
-                            "Hydrus-Client-API-Access-Key": self.API
+                    follow_redirects=True,
-                        },
+                )
+                verify_resp.raise_for_status()
+                verify_payload = verify_resp.json()
+                if not isinstance(verify_payload, dict):
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        "Hydrus /verify_access_key returned an unexpected response"
                     )
-                    verify_resp.raise_for_status()
-                    verify_payload = verify_resp.json()
-                    if not isinstance(verify_payload, dict):
-                        raise RuntimeError(
-                            "Hydrus /verify_access_key returned an unexpected response"
-                        )
 
                 _HYDRUS_INIT_CHECK_CACHE[cache_key] = (True, None)
             except Exception as exc:
@@ -294,12 +294,10 @@ class HydrusNetwork(Store):
                 "Hydrus-Client-API-Access-Key": self.API,
                 "Accept": "application/json",
             }
-            with httpx.Client(timeout=5.0,
+            client = get_shared_httpx_client(timeout=5.0, verify_ssl=False)
-                              verify=False,
+            resp = client.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, follow_redirects=True)
-                              follow_redirects=True) as client:
+            resp.raise_for_status()
-                resp = client.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
+            payload = resp.json()
-                resp.raise_for_status()
-                payload = resp.json()
 
             count_val = None
             if isinstance(payload, dict):
@@ -1587,13 +1585,13 @@ class HydrusNetwork(Store):
                 file_url = f"{self.URL.rstrip('/')}/get_files/file?hash={quote(h)}"
 
             dest_path = base_tmp / fname
-            with httpx.stream(
+            stream_client = get_shared_httpx_client(timeout=60.0, verify_ssl=False)
+            with stream_client.stream(
                 "GET",
                 file_url,
                 headers={"Hydrus-Client-API-Access-Key": self.API},
                 follow_redirects=True,
                 timeout=60.0,
-                verify=False,
             ) as resp:
                 resp.raise_for_status()
                 with dest_path.open("wb") as fh:

cmdlet/_shared.py

@@ -585,6 +585,15 @@ def parse_cmdlet_args(args: Sequence[str],
             result = parse_cmdlet_args(["value1", "-count", "5"], cmdlet)
             # result = {"path": "value1", "count": "5"}
     """
+        try:
+        from SYS.cmdlet_spec import parse_cmdlet_args as _parse_cmdlet_args_fast
+
+        return _parse_cmdlet_args_fast(args, cmdlet_spec)
+        except Exception:
+        # Fall back to local implementation below to preserve behavior if the
+        # lightweight parser is unavailable.
+        pass
+
     result: Dict[str,
                  Any] = {}
 

cmdlet/get_tag.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 from SYS import pipeline as ctx
 from SYS.pipeline_progress import PipelineProgress
 from . import _shared as sh
+from SYS.field_access import get_field
 
 normalize_hash = sh.normalize_hash
 looks_like_hash = sh.looks_like_hash
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ Cmdlet = sh.Cmdlet
 CmdletArg = sh.CmdletArg
 SharedArgs = sh.SharedArgs
 parse_cmdlet_args = sh.parse_cmdlet_args
-get_field = sh.get_field
 
 try:
     from SYS.metadata import extract_title
@@ -60,84 +60,6 @@ def _dedup_tags_preserve_order(tags: List[str]) -> List[str]:
     return out
 
 
-def _extract_subtitle_tags(info: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
-    """Extract subtitle availability tags from a yt-dlp info dict.
-
-    Produces multi-valued tags so languages can coexist:
-    - subs:<lang>
-    - subs_auto:<lang>
-    """
-
-    def _langs(value: Any) -> List[str]:
-        if not isinstance(value, dict):
-            return []
-        langs: List[str] = []
-        for k in value.keys():
-            if not isinstance(k, str):
-                continue
-            lang = k.strip().lower()
-            if lang:
-                langs.append(lang)
-        return sorted(set(langs))
-
-    out: List[str] = []
-    for lang in _langs(info.get("subtitles")):
-        out.append(f"subs:{lang}")
-    for lang in _langs(info.get("automatic_captions")):
-        out.append(f"subs_auto:{lang}")
-    return out
-
-
-def _scrape_ytdlp_info(url: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Fetch a yt-dlp info dict without downloading media."""
-    if not isinstance(url, str) or not url.strip():
-        return None
-    url = url.strip()
-
-    # Prefer the Python module when available (faster, avoids shell quoting issues).
-    try:
-        import yt_dlp  # type: ignore
-
-        opts: Any = {
-            "quiet": True,
-            "no_warnings": True,
-            "skip_download": True,
-            "noprogress": True,
-            "socket_timeout": 15,
-            "retries": 1,
-            "playlist_items": "1-10",
-        }
-        with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(opts) as ydl:
-            info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
-            return info if isinstance(info, dict) else None
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    # Fallback to yt-dlp CLI if the module isn't available.
-    try:
-        import json as json_module
-
-        cmd = [
-            "yt-dlp",
-            "-J",
-            "--no-warnings",
-            "--skip-download",
-            "--playlist-items",
-            "1-10",
-            url,
-        ]
-        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30)
-        if result.returncode != 0:
-            return None
-        payload = (result.stdout or "").strip()
-        if not payload:
-            return None
-        data = json_module.loads(payload)
-        return data if isinstance(data, dict) else None
-    except Exception:
-        return None
-
-
 def _resolve_candidate_urls_for_item(
     result: Any,
     backend: Any,
@@ -1224,45 +1146,19 @@ def _run_impl(result: Any, args: Sequence[str], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
                     )
                     return 1
 
-                info = _scrape_ytdlp_info(scrape_target)
+                ytdlp_provider = get_metadata_provider("ytdlp", config)
-                if not info:
+                if ytdlp_provider is None:
-                    log(
+                    log("yt-dlp metadata provider is unavailable", file=sys.stderr)
-                        "yt-dlp could not extract metadata for this URL (unsupported or failed)",
-                        file=sys.stderr,
-                    )
                     return 1
 
                 try:
-                    from SYS.metadata import extract_ytdlp_tags
+                    tags = [
+                        str(t)
+                        for t in ytdlp_provider.search_tags(scrape_target, limit=1)
+                        if t is not None
+                    ]
                 except Exception:
-                    extract_ytdlp_tags = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+                    tags = []
-
-                # Prefer the top-level metadata, but if this is a playlist container, use
-                # the first entry for per-item fields like subtitles.
-                info_for_subs = info
-                entries = info.get("entries") if isinstance(info, dict) else None
-                if isinstance(entries, list) and entries:
-                    first = entries[0]
-                    if isinstance(first, dict):
-                        info_for_subs = first
-
-                tags: List[str] = []
-                if extract_ytdlp_tags:
-                    try:
-                        tags.extend(extract_ytdlp_tags(info))
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
-
-                # Subtitle availability tags
-                try:
-                    tags.extend(
-                        _extract_subtitle_tags(
-                            info_for_subs if isinstance(info_for_subs,
-                                                        dict) else {}
-                        )
-                    )
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
 
                 # Ensure we actually have something to apply.
                 tags = _dedup_tags_preserve_order(tags)
@@ -1399,19 +1295,10 @@ def _run_impl(result: Any, args: Sequence[str], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
         identifiers = _extract_scrapable_identifiers(identifier_tags)
         identifier_query: Optional[str] = None
         if identifiers:
-            if provider.name in {"openlibrary",
+            try:
-                                 "googlebooks",
+                identifier_query = provider.identifier_query(identifiers)
-                                 "google"}:
+            except Exception:
-                identifier_query = (
+                identifier_query = None
-                    identifiers.get("isbn_13") or identifiers.get("isbn_10")
-                    or identifiers.get("isbn") or identifiers.get("openlibrary")
-                )
-            elif provider.name == "imdb":
-                identifier_query = identifiers.get("imdb")
-            elif provider.name == "itunes":
-                identifier_query = identifiers.get("musicbrainz") or identifiers.get(
-                    "musicbrainzalbum"
-                )
 
         # Determine query from identifier first, else title on the result or filename
         title_hint = (
@@ -1444,32 +1331,21 @@ def _run_impl(result: Any, args: Sequence[str], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
                     artist_hint = str(meta_artist)
 
         combined_query: Optional[str] = None
-        if (not identifier_query and title_hint and artist_hint
+        if not identifier_query and title_hint and artist_hint:
-                and provider.name in {"itunes",
+            try:
-                                      "musicbrainz"}):
+                combined_query = provider.combined_query(
-            if provider.name == "musicbrainz":
+                    title_hint=str(title_hint),
-                combined_query = f'recording:"{title_hint}" AND artist:"{artist_hint}"'
+                    artist_hint=str(artist_hint),
-            else:
+                )
-                combined_query = f"{title_hint} {artist_hint}"
+            except Exception:
+                combined_query = None
 
         # yt-dlp isn't a search provider; it requires a URL.
         url_hint: Optional[str] = None
-        if provider.name == "ytdlp":
+        try:
-            raw_url = (
+            url_hint = provider.extract_url_query(result, get_field)
-                get_field(result,
+        except Exception:
-                          "url",
+            url_hint = None
-                          None) or get_field(result,
-                                             "source_url",
-                                             None) or get_field(result,
-                                                                "target",
-                                                                None)
-            )
-            if isinstance(raw_url, list) and raw_url:
-                raw_url = raw_url[0]
-            if isinstance(raw_url,
-                          str) and raw_url.strip().startswith(("http://",
-                                                               "https://")):
-                url_hint = raw_url.strip()
 
         query_hint = url_hint or identifier_query or combined_query or title_hint
         if not query_hint:
@@ -1492,7 +1368,12 @@ def _run_impl(result: Any, args: Sequence[str], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
             return 1
 
         # For yt-dlp, emit tags directly (there is no meaningful multi-result selection step).
-        if provider.name == "ytdlp":
+        emit_direct = False
+        try:
+            emit_direct = bool(provider.emits_direct_tags())
+        except Exception:
+            emit_direct = False
+        if emit_direct:
             try:
                 tags = [str(t) for t in provider.to_tags(items[0]) if t is not None]
             except Exception:

cmdnat/adjective.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import sys
 from typing import List, Dict, Any, Sequence
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
 from SYS.logger import log
 from SYS.result_table import Table
 from SYS import pipeline as ctx

cmdnat/config.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Dict, Any, Optional, Sequence
 
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
 from SYS.config import load_config, save_config, save_config_and_verify
 from SYS import pipeline as ctx
 from SYS.result_table import Table

cmdnat/help.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, Sequence, List, Optional, Tuple
 import shlex
 import sys
 
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg, parse_cmdlet_args
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg, parse_cmdlet_args
 from cmdlet import REGISTRY as CMDLET_REGISTRY, ensure_cmdlet_modules_loaded
 from SYS.logger import log
 from SYS.result_table import Table
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def _normalize_choice_list(arg_names: Optional[List[str]]) -> List[str]:
 
 
 _HELP_EXAMPLE_SOURCE_COMMAND = ".help-example"
+_METADATA_CACHE_KEY: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None
+_METADATA_CACHE_VALUE: Optional[Tuple[Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]], Dict[str, str]]] = None
 
 
 def _example_for_cmd(name: str) -> List[str]:
@@ -104,6 +106,13 @@ def _build_alias_map_from_metadata(metadata: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[
 
 
 def _gather_metadata_from_cmdlet_classes() -> Tuple[Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]], Dict[str, str]]:
+    global _METADATA_CACHE_KEY, _METADATA_CACHE_VALUE
+
+    cache_key = (len(sys.modules), len(CMDLET_REGISTRY))
+    if _METADATA_CACHE_KEY == cache_key and _METADATA_CACHE_VALUE is not None:
+        cached_metadata, cached_alias = _METADATA_CACHE_VALUE
+        return dict(cached_metadata), dict(cached_alias)
+
     metadata: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
     alias_map: Dict[str, str] = {}
     try:
@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ def _gather_metadata_from_cmdlet_classes() -> Tuple[Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]], D
         if not (mod_name.startswith("cmdlet.") or mod_name == "cmdlet" or mod_name.startswith("cmdnat.")):
             continue
         cmdlet_obj = getattr(module, "CMDLET", None)
-        if not isinstance(cmdlet_obj, Cmdlet):
+        if cmdlet_obj is None or not hasattr(cmdlet_obj, "name") or not hasattr(cmdlet_obj, "arg"):
             continue
         canonical_key = _normalize_cmdlet_key(getattr(cmdlet_obj, "name", None) or "")
         if not canonical_key:
@@ -166,6 +175,9 @@ def _gather_metadata_from_cmdlet_classes() -> Tuple[Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]], D
             },
         )
 
+    _METADATA_CACHE_KEY = cache_key
+    _METADATA_CACHE_VALUE = (dict(metadata), dict(alias_map))
+
     return metadata, alias_map
 
 

cmdnat/matrix.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import re
 import uuid
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
 from SYS.config import load_config, save_config
 from SYS.logger import log, debug
 from SYS.result_table import Table

cmdnat/out_table.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Sequence, Optional
 
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
 from SYS.logger import log
 from SYS import pipeline as ctx
 

cmdnat/pipe.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import re
 from datetime import datetime
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 from pathlib import Path
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg, parse_cmdlet_args
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg, parse_cmdlet_args
 from Provider.tidal_manifest import resolve_tidal_manifest_path
 from SYS.logger import debug, get_thread_stream, is_debug_enabled, set_debug, set_thread_stream
 from SYS.result_table import Table

cmdnat/status.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import shutil
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet
 from SYS import pipeline as ctx
 from SYS.result_table import Table
 from SYS.logger import set_debug, debug

cmdnat/table.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Sequence
 
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
 from SYS.logger import log
 
 

cmdnat/telegram.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence
 
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
 from SYS.logger import log
 from SYS.result_table import Table
 from SYS import pipeline as ctx

cmdnat/worker.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Any, Dict, Sequence, List
 
 from cmdlet import register
-from cmdlet._shared import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
+from SYS.cmdlet_spec import Cmdlet, CmdletArg
 from SYS import pipeline as ctx
 from SYS.logger import log
 from SYS.database import db as _db, get_worker_stdout