DownTube.

DownTube is an on-to-go downloader for any bundle of Youtube links you want to download. Make it be a single video, an entire playlist, or even a file that contains a couple of youtube links.

Setup Instructions

The script depends on Pytube and Regex libraries to do Its work.

pip3 install regex pytube

Download the script from Github, or you can clone the whole repository.

git clone https://github.com/avinashkranjan/Amazing-Python-Scripts

Usage

1. For downloading a single video, use "-u <link>" or "--url <link>" argument.

python3 DownTube.py -u https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6VnOIgnLr8

2. For downloading a complete playlist, add the "-p" or "--playlist" flag.

python3 DownTube.py -u https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsRxtLB5dnMaX54r-INR_HQlDtNomT_xa -p

3. For downloading urls from a text file, use the "-f <path>" or "--file <path>" argument.

python3 DownTube.py -f C:\file.txt

4. For downloading only the audio source add the "-a" or "--audio-only" flag.

python3 DownTube.py -f C:\file.txt -a

Output

Download Videos and Audio from Youtube, so that a user can enjoy it offline.

Authors

Written by XZANATOL

Mentored by Avinash Kr. Ranjan

This project was built under the mentorship of GSSOC21

Notes

1. You can't pass -f and -u arguments at the same time. only use one at a time.
2. If a file that exists has the same name of a file to be downloaded, the current file WILL NOT be overwritten.
3. Use double quotes on links and file_paths when using Windows CMD.