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ytdl

Go library for downloading YouTube videos

Documentation: https://godoc.org/github.com/otium/ytdl

Example

import (
   "github.com/otium/ytdl"
   "os"
)

vid, err := ytdl.GetVideoInfo("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ-JorHJEY")
file, _ = os.Create(vid.Title + ".mp4")
defer file.Close()
vid.Download(file)

ytdl CLI

To install: go get -u github.com/otium/ytdl/...

Usage

ytdl [global options] [youtube url or video id]

Options

--help, -h - show help
--filter, -f - Filter out formats
- Syntax: key:value1,value2,...,valueN
- To exclude: !key:value1,...
- Available keys (See format.go for available values):
  - ext - extension of video
  - res - resolution of video
  - videnc - video encoding
  - audenc - audio encoding
  - prof - youtube video profile
- Default filters
  - ext:mp4
  - res:1080p,720p,480p,360p,240p,144p
  - !videnc:nil
  - !audenc:nil
--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
--no-progress - Disables the progress bar
--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