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
First-class (better maintained):
- 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
- Youku (优酷) http://www.youku.com
- YouTube http://www.youtube.com
Others:
- 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
- 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
- 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
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.
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:
python3andpython3-pip(if your distro did not make Python 3 the default, e.g., Debian) - Or packages:
pythonandpython-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:
$ [sudo] pip3 install you-get
Check if the installation is successful:
$ you-get -V
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
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
$ 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
$ [sudo] pip3 install --upgrade you-get
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'
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.
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.
You-Get is licensed under the MIT license.
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first.