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[kusoayan]

If I want to use 'youtube-dl.py' in my own python program, how can i do it?
import it?
and then @@?
is there any documention for developer to use youtube-dl.py in their own program?

thx for answer
and sorry for my bad english

thx!

[phihag]

Currently, youtube-dl is not ready to be imported as a Python module, but we're working on it (Since there was no issue to track progress of the API-ification, I'll leave this one open).

What you can do is execute youtube-dl as a subprocess. See #152 for plans on a formal shell API (mainly for php).

[ocisly]

@phihag and @kusoayan
This has now been possible for a while, let's close the issue.
Here's jaimeMF's StackOverflow answer on how to do it:

import youtube_dl

ydl = youtube_dl.YoutubeDL({'outtmpl': '%(id)s%(ext)s'})
# Add all the available extractors
ydl.add_default_info_extractors()

result = ydl.extract_info('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc'
    , download=False # We just want to extract the info
    )

if 'entries' in result:
    # Can be a playlist or a list of videos
    video = result['entries'][0]
else:
    # Just a video
    video = result

print(video)
video_url = video['url']
print(video_url)

[jaimeMF]

Yes, I think that the module is usable now. We can uses new issues for improvementes or problems.