Python Youtube Download Youtube-dl and Pytube Downloaders 2018 Script Bot
github.com/rg3/youtube-dl
DESCRIPTION
youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL…]
INSTALLATION
To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
sudo curl -L yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:
sudo wget yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
Windows users can download an .exe file and place it in any location on their PATH except for %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 (e.g. do not put in C:\Windows\System32).
You can also use pip:
sudo -H pip install –upgrade youtube-dl
This command will update youtube-dl if you have already installed it. See the pypi page for more information.
OS X users can install youtube-dl with Homebrew:
brew install youtube-dl
Or with MacPorts:
sudo port install youtube-dl
Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions for how to check out and work with the git repository. For further options, including PGP signatures, see the youtube-dl Download Page.
github.com/nficano/pytube
pytube
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pytube is a lightweight, dependency-free Python library (and command-line utility) for downloading YouTube Videos.
Description
YouTube is the most popular video-sharing platform in the world and as a hacker you may encounter a situation where you want to script something to download videos. For this I present to you pytube.
pytube is a lightweight library written in Python. It has no third party dependencies and aims to be highly reliable.
pytube also makes pipelining easy, allowing you to specify callback functions for different download events, such as on progress or on complete.
Finally pytube also includes a command-line utility, allowing you to quickly download videos right from terminal.
Behold, a perfect balance of simplicity versus flexibility:
Installation
Download using pip via pypi.
pip install pytube
Getting started
Let’s begin with showing how easy it is to download a video with pytube:
>>> from pytube import YouTube
>>> YouTube(‘youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0‘).streams.first().download()
This example will download the highest quality progressive download stream available.
Next, let’s explore how we would view what video streams are available: