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(ytdl
Go library for downloading YouTube videos
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"github.com/rylio/ytdl"
)
func main() {
vid, err := ytdl.GetVideoInfo("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVvG4QTO9M")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Failed to get video info")
return
}
file, _ := os.Create(vid.Title + ".mp4")
defer file.Close()
vid.Download(vid.Formats[0], file)
}
ytdl CLI
-
To install:
go get -u github.com/rylio/ytdl/... -
Or use Docker image
docker pull brucewangno1/ytdl:1.0
Usage
ytdl [global options] [youtube url or video id]- Or using Docker:
docker run -it --rm -v /directory/you/want/to/save/the/download/:/ytdl/ brucewangno1/ytdl:1.0 [global options] "[youtube url or video id]"
Options
--help, -h- show help--filter, -f- Filter out formats- Syntax:
-f key:value1,value2,...,valueN- Shortcuts for best/worst(e.g.
-f best)best/worst- best/worst video and audiobest-video/worst-video- best/worst videobest-fps/worst-fps- best/worst video with fps as the first prioritybest-audio/worst-audio- best/worst audio
- Shortcuts for best/worst(e.g.
- To exclude: -f !key:value1,...
- Available keys (See format.go for available values):
ext- extension of videores- resolution of videovidenc- video encodingaudenc- audio encodingprof- youtube video profileaudbr- audio bitrate
- Default filters
ext:mp4!videnc:!audenc:best
- Syntax:
--output, -o- Output to specific path- Supports templates, ex: {{.Title}}.{{.Ext}}
- Defaults to
{{.Title}}.{{.Ext}} - Supported template variables are Title, Ext, DatePublished, Resolution
- Pass - to output to stdout, former stdout output is redirected to stderr
--info, -i- Just gets video info, outputs to stdout--silent, -s- Disables all output, except for fatal errors--debug, -d- Output debug logs--append, -a- append to output file, instead of truncating--range, -r- specify a range of bytes, placed in http range header, ex: 0-100--download-url, -u- just print download url to, don't do anything else--version, -v- print out ytdl cli version--start-offset- offset the beginning of the video by a duration of time(e.g. 20s or 1m)--download-option, -p- Print video and audio download options and accept input interactively
Examples
Download content based on itag
ytdl -f itag:22 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'
Download content with the best fps
ytdl -f best-fps 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'
Get all download formats (Requires jq to be installed)
./ytdl -j 'http://youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0', jq ".formats"
Extract title of the video (Requires jq to be installed)
ytdl -j 'http://youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0', jq ".title"
Print download url without downloading the content
ytdl -f itag:22 --download-url 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'
Print video and audio download options and accept input interactively
ytdl -p 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Added some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request
License
ytdl is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE for more details.