douile/ytdl-playlist

Command line tool to download Youtube playlist (video or audio)

Youtube Playlist Downloader

Download Youtube playlist videos as video or audio with command line tool.

Prerequisites

node >= 8.9.0

ffmpeg (for audio)

Built With

• Node - Javascript run-time environment
• Youtube Data Api Youtube Data Api
• Ytdl Core YouTube video downloader in javascript
• FFMPEG - Multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, vs.
• Fluent-ffmpeg A fluent API to FFMPEG
• Got Simplified HTTP requests
• Joi Object schema validation
• Commander Node.js command-line interfaces made easy

Install

clone this repo, then

npm install

Youtube Data API Key

Take your api key from here and set app.api_key property in the package.json file.

Usage

node index [options]

Options

   -v, --version                  version number
   -h, --help                     help
   -f, --format                   output format (video || audio), default: video
   -o, --output                   output folder name, default: playlist name
   -u, --url                      youtube playlist url (overrides "id" option)
   -i, --id                       youtube playlist id
   -r, --range                    playlist items range, must be like a-b
   -j, --json                     options from .json file (overrides other options)
   -t, --threads                  amount of concurrent downloads

Options json file format

"id" or "url" must be valid, you can't set both. Other options have default values (see --help output).

{
    "id": "PLlPn9MKk0K5HuCjbm3i0_JCnSuamvkugW",
//  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OIjPKLuu5g&list=PLlPn9MKk0K5HuCjbm3i0_JCnSuamvkugW&index=10&t=0s",
    "range": [5, 10],
    "format": "audio",
    "output": "My Playlist XYZ"
}

Examples

Basic

node index -i "PLlPn9MKk0K5HuCjbm3i0_JCnSuamvkugW"

Via playlist url

node index -u "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OIjPKLuu5g&list=PLlPn9MKk0K5HuCjbm3i0_JCnSuamvkugW&index=10&t=0s"

Save as audio (bitrate: 192kbps)

node index -i "PLlPn9MKk0K5HuCjbm3i0_JCnSuamvkugW" -f "audio"

Output folder name

node index -i "PLlPn9MKk0K5HuCjbm3i0_JCnSuamvkugW" -o "My Playlist XYZ"

Save items by range

node index -i "PLlPn9MKk0K5HuCjbm3i0_JCnSuamvkugW" -r 5-10

Options from file

node index -j "../json/playlist.json"

Screenshots