ydl

youtube download library, and command line tool.

Requirement

• Node.js > 0.6.x
• NPM
• ffmpeg

Install ydl as commandline

Command line mode

    npm install -g ydl

ydl cli usage

Use ydl cli to fetch youtube video files, please respect the COPYRIGHT first. default ydl will auto convert the video to mp3 files.

    ydl 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'

Save the origin video,

    ydl --url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'

that will save video file to mp4 / flv file type.

Install ydl as library

    npm install ydl

ydl library usage

Can check the example folder,

var ydl = require('../index');
var url = '[youtube url]';
var filetype = 'mp3';

// youtube download error happen
ydl.error(function () {
  console.log('[STATUS] FAIL Fetch URL');
  // do someting when error
});

// youtube download success happen
ydl.exec(url, filetype, function (filename) {
  console.log('[STATUS] Success fetch filename : ' + filename);
  // do someting when success
});

Install ffmpeg

Mac OS, use homebrew

    brew install ffmpeg

NOTICE

Respect the CopyRight, Have to follow CopyRight of YouTube video lisence.

License

(The MIT License)