A simple java wrapper for youtube-dl executable
There's a lot of thing left to do. Parsing output is one of them. Too bad, youtube-dl doesn't output formatted data.
How to properly install YoutubeDL executable
Otherwise you will get this error :
Cannot run program "youtube-dl" (in directory "/Users/my/beautiful/path"): error=2, No such file or directory
You can use jitpack.io 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 {
compile 'com.github.sapher:youtubedl-java:1.+'
}
// Video url to download
String videoUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ";
// Destination directory
String directory = System.getProperty("user.home");
// Build request
YoutubeDLRequest request = new YoutubeDLRequest(videoUrl, directory);
request.setOption("ignore-errors"); // --ignore-errors
request.setOption("output", "%(id)s"); // --output "%(id)s"
request.setOption("retries", 10); // --retries 10
// Make request and return response
YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(request);
// Response
String stdOut = response.getOut(); // Executable outputYou may also specify a callback to get notified about the progress of the download:
...
YoutubeDLResponse response = YoutubeDL.execute(request, new DownloadProgressCallback() {
@Override
public void onProgressUpdate(float progress, long etaInSeconds) {
System.out.println(String.valueOf(progress) + "%");
}
});