sYT

Search , Watch and Download YouTube videos from terminal without youtube API

Dependencies

• python 3.5+ (For scrapping data)
• ueberzug (For displaying images)
• fzf or dmenu (For menu)
• jq (For formatting json)
• mpv (For playing video)
• yt-dlp (For getting video qualities)
• aria2c (For downloading videos)

Installation

Add Path

Must add ~/.local/bin to your shell path

Example how to add ~/.local/bin/ in the PATH Variable

POSIX based shell (bash,zsh,dash,....)

Change bashrc to your repective shell's rc

echo 'export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.bashrc

Fish shell

echo 'set PATH ~/.local/bin/ $PATH' >> $HOME/.config/fish/config.fish

Ueberzugpp installation guide

Install Build Dependencies

libxres openslide cmake chafa libvips libsixel python-opencv

Start Build

After building you will see a binary called ueberzugpp in your build directory

pip uninstall -y cmake
git clone "https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp.git"
cd ueberzugpp
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
cmake --build .
mv ./ueberzug ./ueberzugpp

Install script

# INSTALL SCRIPT
git clone https://github.com/glowfi/sYT
cd sYT
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
cp -r ./sYT.py ~/.local/bin/
cp -r ./sYT.sh ~/.local/bin/
cd ..
rm -rf sYT
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/sYT.py
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/sYT.sh

How to Use

### Algorithms
+ algov1 -> No dependencies pure web scraping and uses only inbuilt python libraries (slow)
+ algov2 -> Uses invidious youtube api (fast) (default)

### ONLY WATCH VIDEOS
Example 1: sYT.sh -p "fzf"       [Watch videos with fzf as provider]
Example 2: sYT.sh -p "dmenu"     [Watch videos with dmenu as provider]
Example 3: sYT.sh -p "bemenu"     [Watch videos with bemenu as provider]

### USING SPECIFIC ALGOS
Example 1: sYT.sh -a "v1"       [Use algov1]
Example 2: sYT.sh -a "v2"    [Use algov2]


#### DOWNLOAD BY SEARCHING VIDEOS
Note : For downloading -d flag must be given as true for downloading searched videos.

-p    | --provider      fzf or dmenu or bemenu
-d    | --download      Download searched video (true or false) [Only download do not play the video]
-ml   | --multilink     Download multiple youtube videos fzf as provider.

Example 1: sYT.sh -d  "true" -p "fzf"            [Download single searched videos with fzf as provider]
Example 2: sYT.sh -d  "true" -p "fzf" -ml "true" [Download multiple searched videos with fzf as provider]


#### DOWNLOAD BY PASSING LINKS AS ARGUMENTS
Note : For downloading videos directly by passing link as arguments.

-dl   | --dlink         Download any youtube video with a single link dmenu or bemenu as provider.
-fl   | --flink         Download any youtube video with a single link fzf as provider.
-flm  | --flinkmulti    Download any youtube video with multiple link fzf as provider.
-mav  | --mergeaudvid   Merge audio and video with fzf as provider.

Example 1: sYT.sh -fl  "https://youtube.com/abcdef" -p "fzf" [Pass the link as argument if u want to uses fzf]

Example 2: sYT.sh -flm "https://youtube.com/abc https://youtube.com/345" -p "fzf" [Pass multi link as argument if u want to uses fzf]

Note :  dmenu or bemenu will ask you to paste the link in the prompt.Pass true or false for dl

Example 3: sYT.sh -p "dmenu" -dl "true" [dmenu and bemenu supports only single link]

Example 4: sYT.sh -d "true" -mav "true"

-h   | --help          Prints help