An sapher/youtubedl-java's fork with support for playlists, video search and bug fixes.
You must have youtube-dl installed and available in your $PATH environment variable. You can also add your path dynamically.
How to properly install YoutubeDL executable
Otherwise you'll get this error :
Cannot run program "youtube-dl" (in directory "computer's path"): error=2, No such file or directory
You can use youtube-dl jitpack.io repository to add the library to your project.
Step 1 : Add jitpack repository to your build file
allprojects {
repositories {
maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
}
Step 2: Add the dependency
dependencies {
implementation 'com.github.zkingboos:youtubedl-java:VERSION'
}
// Change environment variables
YoutubeDL.setEnvironmentConsumer(environment -> {
//TODO: manage your environment variables here
});
// Change default youtube-dl command
YoutubeDL.setExecutablePath("cmd.exe", "/c", "youtube-dl"); //example with windows
// Video url to download
String videoUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"; //to download youtube video url
//or
String videoUrl = "ytsearch1:fantastic music song"; //to search by a video and download it
// Destination directory
String directory = System.getProperty("user.home");
// Build request with video url
YoutubeRequest request = YoutubeDL
.from(videoUrl, directory)
.ignoreErrors() // --ignore-errors
.output("%(id)s") // --output "%(id)s"
.retries(10); // --retries 10
//or build request with search video
YoutubeRequest request = YoutubeDL
.search(videoUrl, directory)
.ignoreErrors() // --ignore-errors
.output("%(id)s") // --output "%(id)s"
.retries(10); // --retries 10
// Make request and return response
final YoutubeResponse response = request.build();
// Response
final String out = response.getOut(); // Executable outputYou can also see youtube-dl options for more options.
You may also specify a callback to get notified about the progress of the download:
YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(request, (progress, eta) -> {
System.out.println(progress + "%");
});
DownloadProgressCallbackwill be no longer supported by this project.