You-Get

You-Get is a video downloader for YouTube, Youku, niconico and a few other sites.

you-get is a command-line program, written completely in Python 3. Its prospective users are those who prefer CLI over GUI. With you-get, downloading a video is just one command away:

$ you-get http://youtu.be/sGwy8DsUJ4M

Fork me on GitHub: https://github.com/soimort/you-get

Features

Supported Sites

• Dailymotion http://dailymotion.com
• Freesound http://www.freesound.org
• Google+ http://plus.google.com
• Instagram http://instagram.com
• JPopsuki http://jpopsuki.tv
• Magisto http://www.magisto.com
• Mixcloud http://www.mixcloud.com
• Niconico (ニコニコ動画) http://www.nicovideo.jp
• Vimeo http://vimeo.com
• Vine http://vine.co
• Twitter http://twitter.com
• Youku (优酷) http://www.youku.com
• YouTube http://www.youtube.com
• AcFun http://www.acfun.tv
• Alive.in.th http://alive.in.th
• Baidu Music (百度音乐) http://music.baidu.com
• Baidu Wangpan (百度网盘) http://pan.baidu.com
• Baomihua (爆米花) http://video.baomihua.com
• bilibili http://www.bilibili.com
• Blip http://blip.tv
• Catfun (喵星球) http://www.catfun.tv
• CBS http://www.cbs.com
• CNTV (中国网络电视台) http://www.cntv.cn
• Coursera https://www.coursera.org
• Dongting (天天动听) http://www.dongting.com
• Douban (豆瓣) http://douban.com
• DouyuTV (斗鱼) http://www.douyutv.com
• eHow http://www.ehow.com
• Facebook http://facebook.com
• Google Drive http://docs.google.com
• ifeng (凤凰视频) http://v.ifeng.com
• iQIYI (爱奇艺) http://www.iqiyi.com
• Joy.cn (激动网) http://www.joy.cn
• Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org
• Ku6 (酷6网) http://www.ku6.com
• Kugou (酷狗音乐) http://www.kugou.com
• Kuwo (酷我音乐) http://www.kuwo.cn
• LeTV (乐视网) http://www.letv.com
• Lizhi.fm (荔枝FM) http://www.lizhi.fm
• MioMio http://www.miomio.tv
• MTV 81 http://www.mtv81.com
• NetEase (网易视频) http://v.163.com
• NetEase Music (网易云音乐) http://music.163.com
• PPTV http://www.pptv.com
• QianMo (阡陌视频) http://qianmo.com/
• QQ (腾讯视频) http://v.qq.com
• Sina (新浪视频) http://video.sina.com.cn
• Sohu (搜狐视频) http://tv.sohu.com
• SongTaste http://www.songtaste.com
• SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com
• TED http://www.ted.com
• Tudou (土豆) http://www.tudou.com
• Tumblr http://www.tumblr.com
• VID48 http://vid48.com
• VideoBam http://videobam.com
• VK http://vk.com
• 56 (56网) http://www.56.com
• Xiami (虾米) http://www.xiami.com
• YinYueTai (音悦台) http://www.yinyuetai.com
• Zhanqi (战旗TV) http://www.zhanqi.tv/lives

Prerequisites

Python 3

you-get is known to work with:

• Python 3.2
• Python 3.3
• Python 3.4
• PyPy3

you-get does not (and will never) work with Python 2.x.

Dependencies (Optional but Recommended)

• FFmpeg or Libav
  • For video and audio processing.
• RTMPDump
  • For RTMP stream processing.

Installation

You don't have to learn the Python programming language to use this tool. However, you need to make sure that Python 3 (with pip) is installed on your system.

On Linux and BSD, installation made easy with your package manager:

• Find and install packages: python3 and python3-pip (if your distro did not make Python 3 the default, e.g., Debian)
• Or packages: python and python-pip (if your distro made Python 3 the default, e.g., Arch)

On other systems (which tend to have quite evil user experience), please read the documentation and ask Google for help:

• https://www.python.org/downloads/
• https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html

1. Using Pip (Standard Method)

$ [sudo] pip3 install you-get

Check if the installation is successful:

$ you-get -V

2. Downloading from PyPI

You can also download the Python wheel for each release from PyPI.

If you choose to download the wheel from a PyPI mirror or elsewhere, remember to verify the signature of the package. For example:

$ gpg --verify you_get-0.3.30-py3-none-any.whl.asc you_get-0.3.30-py3-none-any.whl

3. Downloading from GitHub

Download it here or:

$ wget -O you-get.zip https://github.com/soimort/you-get/zipball/master
$ unzip you-get.zip

Use the raw script without installation:

$ cd soimort-you-get-*/
$ ./you-get -V

To install the package into the system path, execute:

$ [sudo] make install

Check if the installation is successful:

$ you-get -V

4. Using Git (Recommended for Developers and Advanced Users)

$ git clone git://github.com/soimort/you-get.git

Use the raw script without installation:

$ cd you-get/
$ ./you-get -V

To install the package into the system path, execute:

$ [sudo] make install

Check if the installation is successful:

$ you-get -V

Upgrading

1. Using Pip

$ [sudo] pip3 install --upgrade you-get

Getting Started

Display the information of a video without downloading:

$ you-get -i 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'

Download a video:

$ you-get 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'

Download multiple videos:

$ you-get 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M' 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQlxQJEzLk'

By default, program will skip any video that already exists in the local directory when downloading. If a temporary file (ends with a .download extension in its file name) is found, program will resume the download from last session.

To enforce re-downloading of videos, use option -f: (this will overwrite any existing video or temporary file)

$ you-get -f 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'

Set the output directory for downloaded files:

$ you-get -o ~/Downloads 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'

Use a specific HTTP proxy for downloading:

$ you-get -x 127.0.0.1:8087 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'

By default, the system proxy setting (i.e. environment variable http_proxy on *nix) is applied. To disable any proxy, use option --no-proxy:

$ you-get --no-proxy 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'

Watch a video in your media player of choice: (this is just a trick to let you get rid of annoying ads on the video site)

$ you-get -p vlc 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'

FAQ

Q: Some videos on Youku are restricted to mainland China visitors. Is it possible to bypass this restriction and download those videos?

A: Thanks to Unblock Youku, it is now possible to access such videos from an oversea IP address. You can simply use you-get with option -y proxy.uku.im:8888.

Q: Will you release an executable version / Windows Installer package?

A: Yes, it's on my to-do list.

Command-Line Options

For a complete list of available options, see:

$ you-get --help
Usage: you-get [OPTION]... [URL]...

Startup options:
    -V | --version                           Display the version and exit.
    -h | --help                              Print this help and exit.

Download options (use with URLs):
    -f | --force                             Force overwriting existed files.
    -i | --info                              Display the information of videos without downloading.
    -u | --url                               Display the real URLs of videos without downloading.
    -c | --cookies                           Load NetScape's cookies.txt file.
    -n | --no-merge                          Don't merge video parts.
    -F | --format <STREAM_ID>                Video format code.
    -o | --output-dir <PATH>                 Set the output directory for downloaded videos.
    -p | --player <PLAYER [options]>         Directly play the video with PLAYER like vlc/smplayer.
    -x | --http-proxy <HOST:PORT>            Use specific HTTP proxy for downloading.
    -y | --extractor-proxy <HOST:PORT>       Use specific HTTP proxy for extracting stream data.
         --no-proxy                          Don't use any proxy. (ignore $http_proxy)
         --debug                             Show traceback on KeyboardInterrupt.

License

You-Get is licensed under the MIT license.

Reporting an Issue / Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first.