Videodl: A lightweight video downloader written by pure python


Keywords
cntv, crawler, douyin, migu, video-downloader
License
Apache-2.0
Install
pip install videofetch==0.1.9

Documentation


docs PyPI - Python Version PyPI license PyPI - Downloads issue resolution open issues

Documents: https://videofetch.readthedocs.io/

Videodl

A lightweight video downloader written by pure python.
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Statement

This repository is created just for learning python(Commercial prohibition).
All the apis used in this repository are from public network. So, if you want to download the paid videos, 
please open a paid member on corresponding video platform by yourself (respect the video copyright please).
Finally, if there are any infringements, please contact me to delete this repository.

Support List

Websites Introduction Code in Chinese
cntv click click 央视网
mgtv click click 芒果TV
migu click click 咪咕视频
acfun click click AcFun视频
douyin click click 抖音
haokan click click 好看视频
bilibili click click B站视频
zhihu click click 知乎视频
xigua click click 西瓜视频
iqiyi click click 爱奇艺视频
ted click click TED视频
pipigaoxiao click click 皮皮搞笑
pipix click click 皮皮虾

Install

Preparation

  • ffmpeg: You should set ffmpeg in environment variable.
  • Nodejs: Since some of the supported websites (e.g., xigua) need to compile the js code, you should install the nodejs in your computer.

Pip install

run "pip install videofetch"

Source code install

(1) Offline
Step1: git clone https://github.com/CharlesPikachu/videodl.git
Step2: cd videodl -> run "python setup.py install"
(2) Online
run "pip install git+https://github.com/CharlesPikachu/videodl.git@master"

Quick Start

Run by leveraging the API

from videodl import videodl

config = {
    "logfilepath": "videodl.log",
    "proxies": {},
    "savedir": "downloaded"
}
dl_client = videodl.videodl(config=config)
dl_client.run()

Run by leveraging compiled file

Usage: videodl [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --version               Show the version and exit.
  -l, --logfilepath TEXT  日志文件保存的路径
  -p, --proxies TEXT      置顶代理
  -s, --savedir TEXT      视频保存的文件夹
  --help                  Show this message and exit.

Screenshot

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