code.delx.au - youtube-cgi/blob - README.md

   1 # YouTubeCgi
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   3 YouTubeCgi is a simple tool to download videos from YouTube. It is able to fetch normal videos and the protected stuff by doing some Javascript magic.
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   5 ## Requirements
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   7 - python 3
   8 - nodejs 4+
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  10 ## CLI Usage
  11
  12 ```
  13 ./youtube.cgi 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4'
  14 ```
  15
  16 ## CGI Usage
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  18 You must install the CGI script on your web server. Ensure that you have the dependencies set up correctly and that the httpd/www-data user can access them. It may help to switch to that user and try to run the script in CLI mode.
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  20 You can then visit the CGI script and paste in a URL to download videos. Or you can use a bookmarklet:
  21
  22 ```
  23 javascript:(function(){window.location='https://example.com/path/to/youtube.cgi?url='+escape(location);})()
  24 ```
  25
  26 ## Bug reports
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  28 Please raise issues on the [Bitbucket project](https://bitbucket.org/delx/youtube-cgi/issues?status=new&status=open).