NAME

       WWW::YouTube::Download - WWW::YouTube::Download - Very simple YouTube video download interface

VERSION

       version 0.65

SYNOPSIS

         use WWW::YouTube::Download;

         my $client = WWW::YouTube::Download->new;
         $client->download($video_id);

         my $video_url = $client->get_video_url($video_id);
         my $title     = $client->get_title($video_id);     # maybe encoded utf8 string.
         my $fmt       = $client->get_fmt($video_id);       # maybe highest quality.
         my $suffix    = $client->get_suffix($video_id);    # maybe highest quality file suffix

DESCRIPTION

       WWW::YouTube::Download is a library to download videos from YouTube. It relies entirely on scraping a
       video's webpage and does not use YT's /get_video_info URL space.

METHODS

       new()
             $client = WWW::YouTube::Download->new;

           Creates a WWW::YouTube::Download instance.

       download($video_id [, \%args])
             $client->download($video_id);
             $client->download($video_id, {
                 fmt      => 37,
                 filename => 'sample.mp4', # save file name
             });
             $client->download($video_id, {
                 filename => '{title}.{suffix}', # maybe `video_title.mp4`
             });
             $client->download($video_id, {
                 cb => \&callback,
             });

           Download the video file.  The first parameter is passed to YouTube video url.

           Allowed arguments:

           "cb"
               Set a callback subroutine, SEE LWP::UserAgent ':content_cb' for details.

           "filename"
               Set  the  filename,  possibly using placeholders to be filled with information gathered about the
               video.

               "filename" supported format placeholders:

                 {video_id}
                 {title}
                 {user}
                 {fmt}
                 {suffix}
                 {resolution}

               Output filename is set to "{video_id}.{suffix}" by default.

           "file_name"
               DEPRECATED alternative for "filename".

           "fmt"
               set the format to download. Defaults to  the  best  video  quality  (inferred  by  the  available
               resolutions).

       playback_url($video_id, [, \%args])
             $client->playback_url($video_id);
             $client->playback_url($video_id, { fmt => 37 });

           Return  playback  URL  of  the  video. This is direct link to the movie file.  Function supports only
           "fmt" option.

       prepare_download($video_id)
           Gather data about the video. A hash reference is returned, with the following keys:

           "fmt"
               the default, suggested format. It is inferred by  selecting  the  alternative  with  the  highest
               resolution.

           "fmt_list"
               the list of available formats, as an array reference.

           "suffix"
               the filename extension associated to the default format (see "fmt" above).

           "title"
               the title of the video

           "user"
               the YouTube user owning the video

           "video_id"
               the video identifier

           "video_url"
               the URL of the video associated to the default format (see "fmt" above).

           "video_url_map"
               an hash reference containing details about all available formats.

           The  "video_url_map"  has  one  key/value pair for each available format, where the key is the format
           identifier (can be used as "fmt" parameter for "download", for example)  and  the  value  is  a  hash
           reference with the following data:

           "fmt"
               the format specifier, that can be passed to "download"

           "resolution"
               the resolution as widthxheight

           "suffix"
               the suffix, providing a hint about the video format (e.g. webm, flv, ...)

           "url"
               the URL where the video can be found

       ua([$ua])
             $self->ua->agent();
             $self->ua($LWP_LIKE_OBJECT);

           Sets and gets LWP::UserAgent object.

       video_id($url)
           Parses given URL and returns video ID.

       playlist_id($url)
           Parses given URL and returns playlist ID.

       user_id($url)
           Parses given URL and returns YouTube username.

       get_video_id($video_id)
       get_video_url($video_id)
       get_title($video_id)
       get_user($video_id)
       get_fmt($video_id)
       get_fmt_list($video_id)
       get_suffix($video_id)
       playlist($id,$ref)
           Fetches  a  playlist and returns a ref to an array of hashes, where each hash represents a video from
           the playlist with youtube id, runtime in seconds and title. On playlists with many videos, the method
           iteratively downloads pages until the playlist is complete.

           Optionally accepts a second argument, a hashref of options. Currently, you can pass a  "limit"  value
           to  stop  downloading  of  subsequent pages on larger playlists after x-amount of fetches (a limit of
           fetches, not playlist items).  For example, pass 1 to only download the first page of videos  from  a
           playlist  in  order  to  "skim"  the "tip" of new videos in a playlist. YouTube currently returns 100
           videos at max per page.

           This method is used by the youtube-playlists.pl script.

CONTRIBUTORS

       yusukebe

BUG REPORTING

       Please use github issues: <https://github.com/xaicron/p5-www-youtube-download/issues>.

SEE ALSO

       WWW::YouTube::Info          and           WWW::YouTube::Info::Simple.            WWW::NicoVideo::Download
       <http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/>

AUTHOR

       xaicron <xaicron {@} cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Yuji Shimada.

       This  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute  it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5
       programming language system itself.

perl v5.32.0                                       2020-11-23                        WWW::YouTube::Download(3pm)