yt2ipfs - re-host youtube videos on ipfs

Only intended for use on videos you are allowed to download, such as your own or out of copyright.

Install

• install ipfs (probably in your package manager)
• install youtube-dl (probably in your package manager)
• run ipfs daemon in the background
• place yt2ipfs in your $PATH somewhere
• test with yt2ipfs -h

Usage

> yt2ipfs --help
yt2ipfs [--api <ipfs-api-url>] <youtube-id-or-link>

Examples

Download a link

> yt2ipfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyRZBeMtkrA
using ipfs api at: /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9095
cd temp dir: /tmp/yt2ipfs.2018-02-05T03:08:43Z.0sDA1j
downloading youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyRZBeMtkrA
[youtube] vyRZBeMtkrA: Downloading webpage
[youtube] vyRZBeMtkrA: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] vyRZBeMtkrA: Extracting video information
[download] Destination: Filecoin-Protocol-vyRZBeMtkrA.mp4
[download] 100% of 230.80MiB in 3:09
adding video to ipfs...done
local gateway: http://localhost:8080/ipfs/QmUhBnUYYywHqdHKy44zvbBpdrim4NGGZ2dntK8bTnohfT
global gateway: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmUhBnUYYywHqdHKy44zvbBpdrim4NGGZ2dntK8bTnohfT
cleaning up...done

Just the youtube id

yt2ipfs vyRZBeMtkrA

Use another ipfs API

yt2ipfs --api /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9096 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyRZBeMtkrA

LICENSE

MIT