yt-dlp-host-api 0.1.3

A Python library for interacting with the yt-dlp-host API

yt-dlp-host API Client

This is a Python library for interacting with the yt-dlp-host API.

Installation

You can install the library using pip:

pip install yt-dlp-host-api

Usage

Here's a basic example of how to use the library:

import yt_dlp_host_api

# Initialize the API client
api = yt_dlp_host_api.api('http://your-api-url.com')
client = api.get_client('YOUR_API_KEY')

# Download a complete video
client.get_video(url='https://youtu.be/1FPdtR_5KFo').save_file("test_video.mp4")
print("Video saved to test_video.mp4")

# Download a video segment with precise cutting
client.get_video(
    url='https://youtu.be/1FPdtR_5KFo',
    start_time="00:05:00",
    end_time="00:10:00",
    force_keyframes=True
).save_file("precise_cut.mp4")
print("Precisely cut segment saved to precise_cut.mp4")

# Download a video segment with faster cutting at keyframes
client.get_video(
    url='https://youtu.be/1FPdtR_5KFo',
    start_time="00:05:00",
    end_time="00:10:00",
    force_keyframes=False
).save_file("keyframe_cut.mp4")
print("Keyframe-cut segment saved to keyframe_cut.mp4")

# Download a complete audio
client.get_audio(url='https://youtu.be/1FPdtR_5KFo').save_file("test_audio.mp3")
print("Audio saved to test_audio.mp3")

# Get info
info_json = client.get_info(url='https://youtu.be/1FPdtR_5KFo').get_json(['qualities', 'title'])
print("Video info:", info_json)

# Admin operations (requires admin API key)
new_key = client.create_key("user_key", ["get_video", "get_audio", "get_info"])
keys = client.get_keys()
key = client.get_key("user_key")
client.delete_key("user_key")

Features

• Download YouTube videos
  • Download complete videos
  • Download specific time segments
    • Precise cutting with frame re-encoding
    • Fast cutting at keyframes
  • Choose video and audio quality
• Download YouTube audio
  • Download complete audio
  • Download specific time segments
  • Choose audio quality
• Extract live stream segments
• Retrieve video information
• Checking client permissions
• Admin operations:
  • Create new API keys
  • List existing API keys
  • Get API key by key name
  • Delete API keys

API Reference

Client

• client.get_video(url, video_format="bestvideo", audio_format="bestaudio", start_time=None, end_time=None, force_keyframes=False): Get video with optional time segment selection
• client.get_audio(url, audio_format="bestaudio", start_time=None, end_time=None, force_keyframes=False): Get audio with optional time segment selection
• client.get_live_video(url, duration, start=0, video_format="bestvideo", audio_format="bestaudio"): Get live video segment
• client.get_live_audio(url, duration, start=0, audio_format="bestaudio"): Get live audio segment
• client.get_info(url): Get video information
• client.send_task.get_video(url, video_format="bestvideo", audio_format="bestaudio", start_time=None, end_time=None, force_keyframes=False): Initiate a video download task
• client.send_task.get_audio(url, audio_format="bestaudio", start_time=None, end_time=None, force_keyframes=False): Initiate an audio download task
• client.send_task.get_live_video(url, duration, start=0, video_format="bestvideo", audio_format="bestaudio"): Initiate a live video download task
• client.send_task.get_live_audio(url, duration, start=0, audio_format="bestaudio"): Initiate a live audio download task
• client.send_task.get_info(url): Initiate an info retrieval task
• client.check_permissions(permissions): Check for all permissions in the list

Time Format

Time parameters (start_time and end_time) should be provided in the following format:

• "HH:MM:SS" (hours:minutes:seconds) Examples:
• "00:05:00" - 5 minutes
• "01:30:45" - 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 45 seconds

Cutting Modes

The force_keyframes parameter determines how video/audio segments are cut:

• force_keyframes=False (default): Faster cutting that aligns to nearest keyframes. May not be exactly at specified timestamps but is much faster as it avoids re-encoding.
• force_keyframes=True: Precise cutting at exact timestamps. This requires re-encoding which takes longer but provides exact cuts.

Task

• task.get_status(): Get the current status of a task
• task.get_result(): Wait for and return the result of a task

TaskResult

• result.get_file(): Get the file
• result.get_file_url(): Get the URL of the downloaded file
• result.save_file(path): Save the downloaded file to the specified path
• result.get_json(fields=None): Get the JSON data for info tasks (optionally filtered by fields)

Admin

• client.create_key(name, permissions): Create a new API key
• client.get_keys(): List all existing API keys
• client.get_key(name): Get API key by key name
• client.delete_key(name): Delete an API key

Error Handling

The library uses exceptions to handle errors. Catch yt_dlp_host_api.exceptions.APIError to handle API-related errors.

Contributing

Contributions to yt-dlp-host-api are welcome! If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue on the GitHub repository. Pull requests are also encouraged.