YT-DLP in Docker

Why does this exist ?

I needed a simple Docker image to automatically download a stream that I specify when it's live, and check for it when it's not.

Using the image (Docker cli, example)

docker run -d \
  -e UID=1000 -e GID=1000 \
  -e WAIT=300 \
  -e URL=<REPLACE_WITH_URL> \
  -v $(pwd):/data \
  ghcr.io/xelofan/yt-dlp-docker

Using the image (Docker Compose, example)

version: '3'

services:
  yt-dlp-docker:
    image: ghcr.io/xelofan/yt-dlp-docker
    container_name: yt-dlp-docker
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      URL: <REPLACE_WITH_URL>
      UID: 1000   #example
      GID: 1000   #example
      WAIT: 300   #example
    volumes:
      - .:/data # downloads to the directory where the docker-compose.yml file is located

Environment variables

Name	Mandatory ?	Default value	Description
URL	YES		URL which the script will download from. Between quotation marks (ie.: "URL"). Remove backslashes (\)!
UID	no	1000	User ID that runs the script. (you should set it to your ID)
GID	no	1000	Group ID that runs the script. (you should set it to your ID)
WAIT	no	300	Delay between retries defined in seconds.
OUTPUT	no	"%(title)s.%(ext)s" (name_of_the_video.ext)	Format in which the result file's name will be.