Video downloader which includes an asynchronous Python back-end server written using aiohttp
and a front-end that requires a modern browser. The latest version of Clipy is moving toward
a web browser interface with the heavy lifting done by the server.
The previous version of Clipy used the command line heavily and that code is still available
in the shell branch.
Evenually the async downloading work should be wrapped up nicely in a Python module that the Clipy client just imports and calls.
Supported video platforms
- Vid.me
- YouTube
- Python 3.6 (only)
- ES6+ (ECMAScript 2015) modern browser
See also requirements.txt
First clone this repository.
You will need a terminal in the repository directory with the file setup.py.
python3.6 setup.py install
You may need the development package of Python to install pycares:
sudo apt-get install python3.6-dev
Open a terminal and run the following:
clipyd & sleep 2; clipy
This will run the Clipy server as a background process and wait two seconds for it to start and then it will open a web browser and requst the home page.
Videos will be downloaded to the videos directory under the repository.
You can shutdown the server using the button in the browser or from the command line:
pkill clipyd
- Download code: Pafy