openani-dl 0.1.0

CLI tool to download videos from openani.me

openani-dl

CLI tool to download videos from openani.me.

Install

pip install openani-dl

For browser-based fallback (Cloudflare bypass):

pip install 'openani-dl[playwright]'
playwright install chromium

Usage

Download a single episode:

openani-dl download "https://openani.me/anime/<slug>/<season>/<episode>" --quality 720p

Batch download episodes 1-12:

openani-dl batch "https://openani.me/anime/<slug>/<season>/1" --start 1 --end 12

Inspect available video sources:

openani-dl inspect "https://openani.me/anime/<slug>/<season>/<episode>"

Options

Flag	Default	Description
-o, --output	.	Output directory
-q, --quality	best	Video quality (best, 1080, 720, 480)
--browser	false	Use Playwright browser for Cloudflare bypass

How it works

1. Fetches the episode page and extracts the CDN host and video file list from embedded JavaScript data
2. Constructs direct MP4 download URLs (no HLS/DASH)
3. Downloads using yt-dlp (supports resume, concurrent fragments)

Video files are served as plain MP4 from dynamic CDN hosts. No authentication required for video access.

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• yt-dlp (automatically installed)
• ffmpeg (optional, for some merge operations)