Awesome CLI to download YouTube videos (as video or audio)/shorts/playlists from the terminal
Project description
📹 YouTube Downloader CLI
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📓 Description
This command-line tool downloads YouTube videos from the Terminal
, written under Pytube.
it is cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) and can be used in any terminal.
💎 Features
- User-friendly CLI interface.
- Download a single YouTube video format or audio.
- Download YouTube shorts.
- Download YouTube playlists.
Upgrade
All the latest updates will be posted on GitHub, you can also upgrade the tool via PyPI with this command:
pip install --upgrade pyutube
Installation
it is easy to install Pyutube, make sure that you have Python installed. To check if you have it installed, type python --version
in your terminal. You should see something like Python 3. x
otherwise, download and install it from Python.
after that, you can install it with the following command:
pip install pyutube
Then you can use it in your Terminal
🥳.
Usage
Pyutube is very easy to use, here are examples of its uses:
pyutube YOUTUBE_LINK [PATH]
[!NOTE] >
[PATH]
is an optional input, the default value is theterminal
path where the CLI is running (the current working directory).
Download video with specify the save location
Chose what type you want to download
Chose what what resolution you want to download(if the type is video)
If you download a playlist, you can chose what video you want to download, or even all of them
Do not know how to use it? just type pyutube --help
Arguments
Arguments | Description |
---|---|
URL |
The URL of the YouTube video. This argument is [Required]. |
PATH |
The path to save the video. Defaults to the current working directory. [Optional] |
Options
Option | Description |
---|---|
-v or --version |
Show the version number. |
-a or --audio |
Download only audio immediately without asking (video or audio). |
-f or --footage |
Download only video immediately without asking (video or audio). |
Examples
- Show version:
pyutube -v
- Download playlists:
-
pyutube <YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST_LINK | PLAYLIST_ID> [the_download_path*]
[!NOTE] Don't forget, the path is optional.
-
Then choose the format of the download, video or audio.
-
Choose the resolution if it is a video you want to download, otherwise, choose audio and it will download it all immediately 🔥.
[!NOTE] It will check all resolutions available in the first video in the playlist, then it will download all of them in the same resolution 👍.
- Download shorts, videos, or audio:
-
pyutube <YOUTUBE_LINK | VIDEO_ID | SHORT_LINK> [the_download_path*]
[!NOTE] Don't forget, the path is optional.
-
Then choose the format of the download, video or audio.
-
Choose the resolution if it is a video you want to download, otherwise, choose audio and it will download it immediately 🔥.
pyutube cMPnY7EuZvo
pyutube youtu.be/cMPnY7EuZvo
pyutube https://youtube.com/watch?v=cMPnY7EuZvo
- Download audio immediately:
pyutube <YOUTUBE_LINK | VIDEO_ID | SHORT_LINK> [the_download_path*] -a
pyutube cMPnY7EuZvo -a
or
pyutube -a youtu.be/cMPnY7EuZvo
and that's it 🎉.
- Download videos immediately:
pyutube <YOUTUBE_LINK | VIDEO_ID | SHORT_LINK> [the_download_path*] -f
- Choose the resolution.
pyutube cMPnY7EuZvo -f
or
pyutube -f youtu.be/cMPnY7EuZvo
see the video and relax 🎉.
Contributing
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you want to change. please follow the contributing guidelines
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
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