A Facebook video downloader.
Project description
Facebook Downloader
A program for downloading videos from Facebook, given a video url
Installation
Install from PyPI
pip install facebook-downloader
You will need to have the FireFox browser installed and geckodriver properly set up.
Building from source
1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/bellingcat/facebook-downloader
2. Navigate to the cloned repository
cd facebook-downloader
Building the Docker container
docker build --tty my-facebook-downloader .
Building the facebook-downloader package
Linux
Find the install.sh
script and run it
./install.sh
This assumes the script was already made executable with the
chmod +x uninstall.sh
command.
Windows
1. Navigate to the facebook-downloader directory
Find the install.ps1
script and run it
.\install.ps1
The installation scripts will download and setup geckodriver, then install facebook-downloader.
Usage
Package
facebook_downloader <video-url>
Docker
docker run --tty --volume $PWD/downloads:/app/downloads my-facebook-downloader <facebook_video_url>
Optional Arguments
Flag | Description |
---|---|
-a/--audio | download as audio |
-o/--output | output file name |
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