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ydl

youtube download library, and command line tool.

###Requirement

Node.js > 0.6.x
NPM
ffmpeg

###Install ydl as commandline

Command line mode

    npm install -g ydl

###ydl cli usage

Use ydl cli to fetch youtube video files, please respect the COPYRIGHT first. default ydl will auto convert the video to mp3 files.

    ydl 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'

Save the origin video,

    ydl --url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0'

that will save video file to mp4 / flv file type.

###Install ydl as library

    npm install ydl

ydl library usage

Can check the example folder,

<pre> var ydl = require('../index'); var url = '[youtube url]'; var filetype = 'mp3'; // youtube download error happen ydl.error(function () { console.log('[STATUS] FAIL Fetch URL'); // do someting when error }); // youtube download success happen ydl.exec(url, filetype, function (filename) { console.log('[STATUS] Success fetch filename : ' + filename); // do someting when success }); </pre>

###Install ffmpeg

Mac OS, use homebrew

    brew install ffmpeg

###NOTICE

Respect the CopyRight, Have to follow CopyRight of YouTube video lisence.

###License (The MIT License)