youtubedl-java

A simple java wrapper for youtube-dl executable

Modification

This youtubedl-java is forked from main stream with the following modification:

1. give users an option to write their own custom stdout parsing code, by implementing the LineOutputCallback interface
2. setting global default youtube-dl executable path
   • supporting both exe path or python __main__.py path
3. setting another youtube-dl executable path for a single youtube-dl request

Prerequisite

🚨 Youtube-dl should be installed and available in your $PATH.

How to properly install YoutubeDL executable

Otherwise, please set your own youtube-dl executable file path through YoutubeDL.setDefaultExecutablePath(yourExePath).

yourExePath can be one of:

1. just youtube-dl
2. full/path/to/youtube-dl.exe
3. python3 path/to/youtube-dl/__main__.py
4. 'pyth/to/python3.exe' 'path to/youtube-dl/__main__.py'

Otherwise, you will get this error :

Cannot run program "youtube-dl" (in directory "/Users/my/beautiful/path"): error=2, No such file or directory

Since version 1.2+, Java 11 is required

Usage

Installation

You can use jitpack.io to add the library to your project.

how to use youtubedl-java

Gradle

Step 1 : Add jitpack repository to your build file

allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

Step 2: Add the dependency

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.CXwudi:youtubedl-java:1.+'
}

Make request

// Video url to download
String videoUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ";

// Destination directory
String directory = System.getProperty("user.home");

// Build request
YoutubeDLRequest request = new YoutubeDLRequest(videoUrl, directory);
request.setOption("--ignore-errors");		// --ignore-errors
request.setOption("--output", "%(id)s");	// --output "%(id)s"
request.setOption("--retries", 10);		// --retries 10

// Make request and return response
YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(request);

// Response
String stdOut = response.getOut(); // Executable output

You may also specify a callback to get notified about the progress of the download:

YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(
    request, new LineOutputCallback() {
            @Override
            public void handleThisLine(String line) {
                System.out.println(line);
            }
        }, new LineOutputCallback() {
            @Override
            public void handleThisLine(String line) {
                System.err.println(line);
            }
        });

We also provide a special callback interface with regax to extract out the progress and etaInSecond

YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(
    request, new DownloadProgressCallback() {
            @Override
            public void onProgressUpdate(float progress, long etaInSeconds) {
                System.out.println(String.valueOf(progress) + "%");
            }
        }, new LineOutputCallback() {
            @Override
            public void handleThisLine(String line) {
                System.err.println(line);
            }
        });

For more usages, just scan through the implementation of YoutubeDL.java and YoutubeDLRequest.java classes

Links

• Youtube-dl documentation