Clipy

Video downloader which includes an asynchronous Python back-end server written using aiohttp and a front-end that requires a modern browser. The latest version of Clipy is moving toward a web browser interface with the heavy lifting done by the server.

The previous version of Clipy used the command line heavily and that code is still available in the shell branch.

Evenually the async downloading work should be wrapped up nicely in a Python module that the Clipy client just imports and calls.

Supported video platforms

• Vid.me
• YouTube

Requirements

Server

• Python 3.6 (only)

Client

• ES6+ (ECMAScript 2015) modern browser

See also requirements.txt

Install

First clone this repository.

You will need a terminal in the repository directory with the file setup.py.

Setup

python3.6 setup.py install

You may need the development package of Python to install pycares:

sudo apt-get install python3.6-dev

Run

Open a terminal and run the following:

clipyd & sleep 2; clipy

This will run the Clipy server as a background process and wait two seconds for it to start and then it will open a web browser and requst the home page.

Screen-shots

Downloads

Videos will be downloaded to the videos directory under the repository.

Server

You can shutdown the server using the button in the browser or from the command line:

pkill clipyd

Credits

• Download code: Pafy