Jean Philippe Youtube Url Downloader (JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl)

A Windows Runtime library, that allow you to get downloadable url of Youtube video link.

Overview

JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl is a library for Windows Runtime (WinRT), written in C#, that allow you to get downloadable url of Youtube video link.

Target platforms

• Windows 8.1
• Windows Phone 8.1

NuGet

JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl at NuGet

Install-Package JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl

License

The JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl URL-extraction code is licensed under the MIT License

Example code

How to get the downloadable Url of a video and to download it

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using Windows.Storage;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl;

// Your Youtube video url
string Url = "insert video url";

//You need to create Youtube ApiKey
//Go to https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started , follow the instructions
//And create your Youtube ApiKey 
string ApiKey = " your Youtube Apikey here";

string ApplicationName = "Name of your application";

//This function will return the video file when it'll finish to download it
private async Task<StorageFile> Video_Downloading(string Url, string fileName)
{
  ProcessDownload process = new ProcessDownload(ApiKey, ApplicationName);
  var LinksList = await DownloadableLink.ObtainLinks(Url);
  VideoModels video = LinkList.First(s => s.Resolution == 360 && s.VideoQuality == VideoQuality.Mp4);

  StorageFile file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(fileName,
    CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);

  Uri source;
  Uri.TryCreate(video.DownloadableLink.Trim(), UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute, out source);

  BackgroundDownloader downloader = new BackgroundDownloader();
  DownloadOperation operation = downloader.CreateDownload(source, file);

  await operation.StartAsync();

  return file;
}

 // The file that represents your video file downloaded
 var f = await Video_Downloading(Url, "MyVideo");