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

   1 # YouTubeCgi
   2
   3 YouTubeCgi is a simple tool to dowload videos from YouTube. It is able to fetch normal videos and the protected stuff by doing some Javascript magic.
   4
   5 ## Requirements
   6
   7 - python 2.7
   8 - python-lxml
   9 - nodejs 4+
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  11 ## CLI Usage
  12
  13 ```
  14 ./youtube.cgi 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4'
  15 ```
  16
  17 ## CGI Usage
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  19 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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  21 You can then visit the CGI script and paste in a URL to download videos. Or you can use a bookmarklet:
  22
  23 ```
  24 javascript:(function(){window.location='https://example.com/path/to/youtube.cgi?url='+escape(location);})()
  25 ```