#!/usr/bin/env python3 from pathlib import Path import subprocess import click @click.command() @click.option('--allow-unknown', is_flag=True, help='Error out if one of the directories from the given list does not exist') @click.option('--base-dir', type=Path, default='.', show_default=True, help='Base directory where the channel directories get created') @click.argument('CHANNEL_FILE', required=True) def download(allow_unknown, base_dir, channel_file): """Mirror channels from YouTube The list of channels needs to be provided via CHANNEL_FILE. The format of the file should be one channel per line. each line consisting of the directory name and the URL to download the videos joined by a semicolon. """ base_dir = base_dir.resolve() channels = {} with open(channel_file) as f: for line in f: line = line.strip() if line.startswith('#'): continue dir_name, url = line.split(';') channels[dir_name] = url if not allow_unknown: error = False for dir_name in channels: if (base_dir / dir_name).is_dir(): continue print(f"Error: '{dir_name}' is an unknown channel") error = True if error: raise click.ClickException("Unknown channels and '--allow-unknown' not given") for dir_name, url in channels.items(): target_dir = base_dir / dir_name print(f"Starting download for {dir_name}") if not target_dir.exists(): target_dir.mkdir() cmd = [ 'yt-dlp', '-o', '%(upload_date)s - %(title)s - %(id)s.%(ext)s', '--sleep-interval', '30', '--max-sleep-interval', '300', '--download-archive', target_dir / '.archive', '--break-on-existing', '--write-thumbnail', url ] subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, cwd=target_dir) if __name__ == '__main__': download()