youda.py

Youtube Downloader Automation

How to setup

• download this script to your computer
• install youtube-dl
  on a Mac: brew install youtube-dl
  on any OS: sudo pip install --upgrade youtube_dl
• install a context-menu extension in your browser
  e.g. Context Menus for Chrome https://goo.gl/8hgwuB
• add a custom action for links, which sends the URL to
  http://localhost:8009/?q=%s
  where "%s" is the variable name for the selected URL

Troubleshooting

• update youtube-dl:
  youtube-dl -U
• if you got error message like "The TLS connection was non-properly terminated":
  solution: mpv-player/mpv#4425
  quick solution for Raspberry Pi: https://gist.github.com/enzanki-ars/7d67996a90883e928bc1dd2db7ef0351
  

How to use

• start this script in a shell window:
  youda.py port [download-dir [check-dir [check-dir...]]]
  example: youda.py 8009 ~/Downloads/youtube /media/nexus7/storage/sdcard0/Podcasts/
  If you specify download-dirs, duplications will be also
  checked in these directories
• in your browser, right-click in a YouTube link and
  select custom context menu item you've added
• this script will catch the URL and call youtube-dl with it

Under the hood

• when you add a file, the web server thread creates a placeholder file
• the processing thread scans the directory, picks first placeholder file, then replaces it with the downloaded file
• upon counter overflow, the items above 555 will appear before others, e.g. the order will be: 910, 911, 922, 930, 001, 002, 003
• because the queue is stored in files, script can be restarted