I made this YouTube video to show how this works.
Make sure to adjust the folder paths. I doubt you'll put your script in d:\appdev\triggercmd\youtube-dl or put your downloaded files in m:\videos\youtube like I did.
Create a folder, open a cmd window in that folder, and type these to create the virtual environment with the yt_dlp python module:
python3 -m venv myenv
myenv\Scripts\activate.bat
pip3 install yt_dlp
youtube-dl.bat contents:
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
:: This version of the script differs from the one in the Youtube video in that it handles any of these Youtube URL formats:
:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqfRiPy5gFs
:: https://youtu.be/KqfRiPy5gFs
:: KqfRiPy5gFs
:: Combine all arguments into a single string
set "input="
for %%A in (%*) do (
set "input=!input! %%A"
)
:: Remove leading spaces
set "input=%input:~1%"
:: Check if the input contains "youtu.be" format and extract the video ID
echo %input% | findstr /C:"youtu.be" >nul
if not errorlevel 1 (
set "id=%input:~17%" :: Strip "https://youtu.be/"
)
:: Check if the input contains "youtube.com/watch?v=" format and extract the video ID
if not defined id (
echo %input% | findstr /C:"youtube.com/watch?v=" >nul
if not errorlevel 1 (
set "id=%input:~32%" :: Strip "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v="
)
)
:: If input is just the ID, no need for stripping
if not defined id (
set "id=%input%"
)
:: Ensure the ID is exactly 11 characters long
set "id=%id:~0,11%"
echo YouTube Video ID: %id%
:: Go to the folder where I want the files to be created
cd /d m:\videos\youtube
:: Activate the Python virtual environment that has the yt_dlp module installed
call d:\appdev\triggercmd\youtube-dl\myenv\Scripts\activate.bat
:: Run the python script to download the video and metadata
python d:\appdev\triggercmd\youtube-dl\youtube-dl.py %id% > debug.log 2>&1
youtube-dl.py contents:
import yt_dlp
import json, uuid, sys
def download_video_metadata(video_url):
ydl_opts = {
'quiet': True,
'skip_download': True,
'force_generic_extractor': False,
}
with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
try:
info_dict = ydl.extract_info(video_url, download=False)
return info_dict
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
return None
def download_video(video_url):
ydl_opts = {
'quiet': False,
'outtmpl': '%(title)s.%(ext)s',
}
with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
try:
ydl.download([video_url])
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print("Usage: python3 youtube-dl.py <YouTube Video URL>")
sys.exit(1)
video_url = sys.argv[1]
metadata = download_video_metadata(video_url)
if metadata:
print("Metadata:")
filename=metadata.get('title', uuid.uuid4()) + ".json"
with open(filename, "w") as file:
json.dump(metadata, file, indent=4)
print("Downloading video...")
download_video(video_url)
Make sure you enable parameters:
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If you want to create a panel, you can use this regex to accept any text: ^.*$
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