YouTube Downloader

Overview

YouTube Downloader is a web application built with Flask that allows users to download audio files from YouTube videos. Simply provide the YouTube video URL, and the application will extract the audio and provide a download link for the converted MP3 file.

Features

• Download audio from YouTube videos as MP3 files
• User-friendly web interface
• Download batch from file
• File cleanup of download folder

Quick Install (CLI)

Simply follow:

git clone https://github.com/WildPasta/youtube_mp3_downloader.git
cd youtube_mp3_downloader
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Note: It's wise to setup a venv to run any Python application

Usage (CLI)

1. Start the application:

   python app.py -p 8080

2. Open your web browser and visit http://<your_server_hostname>:8080

3. Either provide a YouTube URL in the form or submit a text (.txt) file formatted as follow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=def
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghi

4. Click the download button
5. Single URL will be downloaded as a file and batch download will be downloaded as a .zip archive

Note: Default port for the application is 13000

Docker installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/WildPasta/youtube_mp3_downloader.git

Build the docker image:

docker build -t wildpasta/youtube_downloader:1.2.0 . --rm

Run the docker container using the docker-compose.yml file:

docker-compose up -d

Todo

• Use waitress or gunicorn as a WSGI
• Choose to download either the whole clip or only the audio
• CSRF protection with Flask-WTF
• Implementation of Asynchronous download for multiple client usage

Contribution

Feel free to contribute by adding a new feature! You can reach out at [email protected].

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.