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youtubedl-java

A simple java wrapper for youtube-dl executable

There's a lot of thing left to do. Parsing output is one of them. Too bad, youtube-dl doesn't output formatted data.

Prerequisite

:warning: Youtube-dl should be installed and available in your `$PATH.

How to properly install YoutubeDL executable

Otherwise you will get this error :

Cannot run program "youtube-dl" (in directory "/Users/my/beautiful/path"): error=2, No such file or directory

Usage

Installation

You can use jitpack.io to add the library to your project.

youtube-dl

Gradle

Step 1 : Add jitpack repository to your build file

allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

Step 2: Add the dependency

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.sapher:youtubedl-java:1.+'
}

Make request

// Video url to download
String videoUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ";

// Destination directory
String directory = System.getProperty("user.home");

// Build request
YoutubeDLRequest request = new YoutubeDLRequest(videoUrl, directory);
request.setOption("ignore-errors");		// --ignore-errors
request.setOption("output", "%(id)s");	// --output "%(id)s"
request.setOption("retries", 10);		// --retries 10

// Make request and return response
YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(request);

// Response
String stdOut = response.getOut(); // Executable output

You may also specify a callback to get notified about the progress of the download:

...
YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(request, new DownloadProgressCallback() {
          @Override
          public void onProgressUpdate(float progress, long etaInSeconds) {
              System.out.println(String.valueOf(progress) + "%");
          }
      });