pmdownloader 1.0.1

Library to download media files

Python Media Downloader

A very small and simple python package to download media files. This will save you some time if you need a downloader for webscraping or related project.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Requests

Installation

pip install pmdownloader

Tested with:

• Audio:
  • MP3
  • M4A
  • WAV
  • AAC
• Video:
  • MP4
  • MKV
  • MOV
  • AVI
  • WEBM

Note: Not tested with large files

Usage

Default filename and filepath:

Call the function, and provide the URL of your media file.

import pmdownloader
url = 'https://i.imgur.com/pVzZERs.mp4'
print(pmdownloader.download(url))

Returns:

Downloaded: pVzZERs.mp4

Custom filename, Default filepath:

Call the function, and provide the URL, and filename.

import pmdownloader
url = 'https://i.imgur.com/pVzZERs.mp4'
print(pmdownloader.download(url, file_name='video.mp4'))

Returns:

Downloaded: video.mp4

Default filename, custom filepath:

Call the function, and provide the URL, and filename.

import pmdownloader
url = 'https://skyline.github.com/_nuxt/assets/sound/music-807dfe09ce23793891674eb022b38c1b.mp3'
print(pmdownloader.download(url, path='D:/saves/'))  # Use absolute path.

Returns:

Downloaded: music-807dfe09ce23793891674eb022b38c1b.mp3

Custom filename, custom filepath:

Call the function, and provide the URL, provide path and filename.

import pmdownloader
url = 'https://skyline.github.com/_nuxt/assets/sound/music-807dfe09ce23793891674eb022b38c1b.mp3'
print(pmdownloader.download(url, path='D:/saves/', file_name='audio.mp3'))  # Use absolute path.

Returns:

Downloaded: audio.mp3