YoutubeExtractor

YouTubeExtractor is a Python application used to download videos or entire playlists from YouTube. It also offers the option to download only the audio, converting the output into either MP3 or MP4 formats. Additionally, the history and metadata can optionally be saved to a MySQL database.

YoutubeExtractor is developed using yt-dlp.

NOTE: Downloading videos or audio of content you do not own might be illegal in your country. This program is intended for educational purposes only. I am not responsible for any misuse of this program.

Table of Contents

• Instructions
• Requirements
• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Source code
• Contributing
• License

Instructions

Simply enter the YouTube URL of a playlist or single track into the Python program and specify if you want to download only the audio and/or write the data to the MySQL database.

If you choose to write metadata to the database, you must manually install MySQL. The program will create a new schema db_youtube_av and the following tables youtube_music, youtube_video

The media will be automatically downloaded to the data folder.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• FFmpeg
• MySQL ( optional )

Getting Started

Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/Pymetheus/YoutubeExtractor.git

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd  YoutubeExtractor

3. Update the API keys in the config.ini

   cd YoutubeExtractor\.config\config.ini

4. Setup virtual environment and install requirements.txt

   python -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run program

   python src\main.py

Source Code

The source code of the YoutubeExtractor is located in the src directory, and is organized into three separate modules: main, YoutubeDL and DBMS.

In the main module, user input is handled and verified before being forwarded to YoutubeDL. Using the yt-dlp library, the program downloads media in the best available quality and saves it automatically to the data directory. If selected, the metadata of the downloaded files are saved to the MySQL database using the DBMS module.

Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome! If you would like to contribute, please open an issue to discuss potential changes or submit a pull request. For more details please visit the contributing page.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this code as permitted by the license.