gotube

Youtube downloader implemented in Golang. This project is based on nficano/pytube.

How to

Use as the library

import gotube "github.com/matthewlujp/gotube/lib"

downloader, _ := gotube.NewPlayer("https://youtube.com/watch?v=iEPTlhBmwRg")
downloader.FetchStreamManifests()
r, _ := downloader.Streams[0].Download()
// r is a io.ReadCloser

Command line usage

After building the source, execute the following.

$ gotube "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg"                                                           
Fetched streams:
ID    Stream info
0 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:1080p Format:mp4 Resolution:1080p>
1 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:1080p Format:webm Resolution:1080p>
2 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:720p Format:mp4 Resolution:720p>
3 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:720p Format:webm Resolution:720p>
4 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:480p Format:mp4 Resolution:480p>
5 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:480p Format:webm Resolution:480p>
6 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:360p Format:mp4 Resolution:360p>
7 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:360p Format:webm Resolution:360p>
8 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:240p Format:mp4 Resolution:240p>
9 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:240p Format:webm Resolution:240p>
10 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:144p Format:mp4 Resolution:144p>
11 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:144p Format:webm Resolution:144p>
12 --- Stream<MediaType:audio Quality: Format:mp4 Resolution:>
13 --- Stream<MediaType:audio Quality: Format:webm Resolution:>
14 --- Stream<MediaType:audio Quality: Format:webm Resolution:>
15 --- Stream<MediaType:audio Quality: Format:webm Resolution:>
16 --- Stream<MediaType:audio Quality: Format:webm Resolution:>
17 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:hd720 Format:mp4 Resolution:720p>
18 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:medium Format:webm Resolution:360p>
19 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:medium Format:mp4 Resolution:360p>
20 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:small Format:3gpp Resolution:240p>
21 --- Stream<MediaType:video Quality:small Format:3gpp Resolution:144p>
Choose stream ID> 19

Downloading 19 th stream, Stream<MediaType:video Quality:medium Format:mp4 Resolution:360p> ......Downloaded
Where to save the video?> youtube_video.mp4
Saving on youtube_video.mp4......Download completed!
Written on youtube_video.mp4.
Bitrate 96kbps, FPS 30, Resolution 360p

Propmt to 1) choose which stream to download, and 2) designate file path to save the video, appears. You can also designate save file path with option -s as follows.

$ gotube "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg" -s youtube_video.mp4

There are pre-buit binaries for OSX, Linxus, and Windos (all of them are for amd64, i.e., x86_64). You can pick one from bins.

Run test

gomock and mockgen are used (https://github.com/golang/mock). Makefile downloads those libraries when executing test.

cd $Go/src/github.com/matthewlujp/gotube
make test