youtubedl-java

Just a simple WIP java wrapper for youtubedl

#Table of contents

• Prerequisite
• Usage
• Links

Prerequisite

You need youtube-dl to be installed and available. You can follow those instructions to install youtube-dl

Usage

YoutubeDL wrapper is compose of 3 main class : YoutubeDL, YoutubeDLRequest, YoutubeDLResponse.

YoutubeDL

Static class that execute a request and return a response.

Execute a command

YoutubeDL.execute('--version');

Execute a request

YoutubeDLRequest request = new YoutubeDLRequest();
YoutubeDL.execute(request);

YoutubeDLRequest

Represent a command for youtube-dl to execute. You can set and get all options handle by youtube-dl : YoutubeDL Options.

// Example to set / get rate limit
request.setRateLimit(1024);
request.getRateLimit();

YoutubeDLResponse

Represent the result of a request.

This object is composed of:

• exitCode Exit code of youtube-dl programm
• err String from stderr
• out String from stdout
• directory Directory where the programme has been launched
• more useful to come...

Custom request

You can use YoutubeDLRequest object to build any command you want.

// Download a video
YoutubeDLRequest request = new YoutubeDLRequest();
request.setUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ");
request.setDirectory("/Users/johndoe/Desktop");
YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(request);

// will result to youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Be care, you can build a nonsensical command.

Links

YoutubeDL Documentation

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