Windows users can [download a .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in their home directory or any other location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29).
+OS X users can install **youtube-dl** with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/).
+
+ brew install youtube-dl
+
+You can also use pip:
+
+ sudo pip install youtube-dl
+
Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions below for how to check out and work with the git repository. For further options, including PGP signatures, see https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html .
# DESCRIPTION
## Authentication Options:
-u, --username USERNAME account username
-p, --password PASSWORD account password
+ -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR two-factor auth code
-n, --netrc use .netrc authentication data
--video-password PASSWORD video password (vimeo, smotri)
postprocessors (default)
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
postprocessors
+ --exec CMD Execute a command on the file after
+ downloading, similar to find's -exec
+ syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
+ /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'
# CONFIGURATION
In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title:
- $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
- youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
- $ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
- youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
+```bash
+$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc
+youtube-dl test video ''_ä↭𝕐.mp4 # All kinds of weird characters
+$ youtube-dl --get-filename -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" BaW_jenozKc --restrict-filenames
+youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4 # A simple file name
+```
# VIDEO SELECTION
Examples:
- # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
- $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months
+```bash
+# Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months
+$ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months
- # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970
- $ youtube-dl --date 19700101
+# Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970
+$ youtube-dl --date 19700101
- $ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade
- $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
+$ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade
+$ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231
+```
# FAQ
2. Check out the source code with `git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/youtube-dl.git`
3. Start a new git branch with `cd youtube-dl; git checkout -b yourextractor`
4. Start with this simple template and save it to `youtube_dl/extractor/yourextractor.py`:
-
- # coding: utf-8
- from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
- import re
-
- from .common import InfoExtractor
-
-
- class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
- _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
- _TEST = {
- 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
- 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10KiB of the video file',
- 'info_dict': {
- 'id': '42',
- 'ext': 'mp4',
- 'title': 'Video title goes here',
- # TODO more properties, either as:
- # * A value
- # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5:
- # * A regular expression; start the string with re:
- # * Any Python type (for example int or float)
- }
+ ```python
+ # coding: utf-8
+ from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+ import re
+
+ from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+ class YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
+ _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?yourextractor\.com/watch/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+ _TEST = {
+ 'url': 'http://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
+ 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10KiB of the video file',
+ 'info_dict': {
+ 'id': '42',
+ 'ext': 'mp4',
+ 'title': 'Video title goes here',
+ 'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+ # TODO more properties, either as:
+ # * A value
+ # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5:
+ # * A regular expression; start the string with re:
+ # * Any Python type (for example int or float)
}
+ }
- def _real_extract(self, url):
- mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
- video_id = mobj.group('id')
-
- # TODO more code goes here, for example ...
- webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
- title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
-
- return {
- 'id': video_id,
- 'title': title,
- # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
- }
+ def _real_extract(self, url):
+ mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+ video_id = mobj.group('id')
+ # TODO more code goes here, for example ...
+ webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+ title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
+ return {
+ 'id': video_id,
+ 'title': title,
+ # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
+ }
+ ```
5. Add an import in [`youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py).
-6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done.
+6. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`. This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, then rename ``_TEST`` to ``_TESTS`` and make it into a list of dictionaries. The tests will be then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc.
7. Have a look at [`youtube_dl/common/extractor/common.py`](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should return](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py#L38). Add tests and code for as many as you want.
8. If you can, check the code with [pyflakes](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes) (a good idea) and [pep8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8) (optional, ignore E501).
9. When the tests pass, [add](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-add.html) the new files and [commit](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-commit.html) them and [push](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-push.html) the result, like this:
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