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Go library for downloading YouTube videos

Documentation: https://godoc.org/github.com/otium/ytdl

Example

import (
   "github.com/otium/ytdl"
   "os"
)

vid, err := ytdl.GetVideoInfo("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ-JorHJEY")
file, _ = os.Create(vid.Title + ".mp4")
defer file.Close()
vid.Download(file)

ytdl CLI

To install: go get -u github.com/otium/ytdl/...

Usage

ytdl [global options] [youtube url or video id]

Options

  • --help, -h - show help
  • --filter, -f - Filter out formats
    • Syntax: -f key:value1,value2,...,valueN
      • Shortcuts for best/worst(e.g. -f best)
        • best/worst - best/worst video and audio
        • best-video/worst-video - best/worst video
        • best-audio/worst-audio - best/worst audio
    • To exclude: -f !key:value1,...
    • Available keys (See format.go for available values):
      • ext - extension of video
      • res - resolution of video
      • videnc - video encoding
      • audenc - audio encoding
      • prof - youtube video profile
      • audbr - audio bitrate
    • Default filters
      • ext:mp4
      • !videnc:
      • !audenc:
      • best
  • --output, -o - Output to specific path
    • Supports templates, ex: {{.Title}}.{{.Ext}}
    • Defaults to {{.Title}}.{{.Ext}}
    • Supported template variables are Title, Ext, DatePublished, Resolution
    • Pass - to output to stdout, former stdout output is redirected to stderr
  • --info, -i - Just gets video info, outputs to stdout
  • --no-progress - Disables the progress bar
  • --silent, -s - Disables all output, except for fatal errors
  • --debug, -d - Output debug logs
  • --append, -a - append to output file, instead of truncating
  • --range, -r - specify a range of bytes, placed in http range header, ex: 0-100
  • --download-url, -u - just print download url to, don't do anything else
  • --version, -v - print out ytdl cli version
  • --start-offset - offset the beginning of the video by a duration of time(e.g. 20s or 1m)

License

ytdl is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE for more details.