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+{
+    'name': 'Generic Archiver',
+    'version': '0.1.0',
+    'author': 'Bellingcat',
+    'type': ['archiver'],
+    'requires_setup': False,
+    'depends': ['core'],
+    'external_dependencies': {
+        'python': ['yt_dlp', 'requests', 'loguru', 'slugify'],
+    },
+    'description': """
+This is the generic archiver used by auto-archiver, which uses `yt-dlp` under the hood.
+
+This module is responsible for downloading and processing media content from platforms
+supported by `yt-dlp`, such as YouTube, Facebook, and others. It provides functionality
+for retrieving videos, subtitles, comments, and other metadata, and it integrates with
+the broader archiving framework.
+
+### Features
+- Supports downloading videos and playlists.
+- Retrieves metadata like titles, descriptions, upload dates, and durations.
+- Downloads subtitles and comments when enabled.
+- Configurable options for handling live streams, proxies, and more.
+
+### Dropins
+- For websites supported by `yt-dlp` that also contain posts in addition to videos
+ (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky), dropins can be created to extract post data and create 
+ metadata objects. Some dropins are included in this generic_archiver by default, but
+custom dropins can be created to handle additional websites and passed to the archiver
+via the command line using the `--dropins` option (TODO!).
+"""
+}
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diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/generic_archiver/generic_archiver.py b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/generic_archiver/generic_archiver.py
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--- a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/generic_archiver/generic_archiver.py
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-"""
-This is the generic archiver used by auto-archiver, which uses `yt-dlp` under the hood.
-
-This module is responsible for downloading and processing media content from platforms
-supported by `yt-dlp`, such as YouTube, Facebook, and others. It provides functionality
-for retrieving videos, subtitles, comments, and other metadata, and it integrates with
-the broader archiving framework.
-
-### Features
-- Supports downloading videos and playlists.
-- Retrieves metadata like titles, descriptions, upload dates, and durations.
-- Downloads subtitles and comments when enabled.
-- Configurable options for handling live streams, proxies, and more.
-
-### Dropins
-- For websites supported by `yt-dlp` that also contain posts in addition to videos
- (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky), dropins can be created to extract post data and create 
- metadata objects. Some dropins are included in this generic_archiver by default, but
-custom dropins can be created to handle additional websites and passed to the archiver
-via the command line using the `--dropins` option (TODO!).
-
-"""
-
-
 import datetime, os, yt_dlp, pysubs2
 import importlib
 from typing import Type