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try: # Create downloader instance downloader = YouTubePlaylistDownloader( playlist_url=args.playlist_url, output_dir=args.output, quality=args.quality, max_resolution=args.max_res, download_audio_only=args.audio_only ) # Start download downloader.download_playlist( start_from=args.start, max_videos=args.max_videos ) except KeyboardInterrupt: print(f"\nFore.YELLOW⚠️ Download interrupted by user") except Exception as e: print(f"Fore.RED❌ Fatal error: e") return 1
def get_video_stream(self, video: YouTube): """Get appropriate video stream based on quality settings""" try: if self.download_audio_only: # Get audio stream (highest bitrate) return video.streams.filter(only_audio=True).first() # Get video streams if self.quality == "lowest": stream = video.streams.get_lowest_resolution() else: # highest # Filter by max resolution if specified streams = video.streams.filter(progressive=True, file_extension='mp4') if self.max_resolution != "highest": # Convert '1080p' to '1080' for comparison max_res = int(self.max_resolution.replace('p', '')) streams = streams.filter(res=f"max_resp") if streams: stream = streams.last() # Highest resolution else: # Fallback to non-progressive (video only + audio) stream = video.streams.get_highest_resolution() return stream except Exception as e: print(f"Fore.YELLOW⚠️ Error getting stream: e") return None youtube playlist downloader python script
try: from pytube import Playlist, YouTube from pytube.exceptions import PytubeError, VideoUnavailable from tqdm import tqdm from colorama import init, Fore, Style init(autoreset=True) except ImportError as e: print("Missing required libraries. Install with: pip install pytube tqdm colorama") raise e YouTube from pytube.exceptions import PytubeError
def __init__(self, playlist_url: str, output_dir: str = "downloads", quality: str = "highest", max_resolution: str = "1080p", download_audio_only: bool = False): """ Initialize the downloader Args: playlist_url: YouTube playlist URL output_dir: Directory to save downloads quality: 'highest', 'lowest', or 'audio' max_resolution: Maximum video resolution (e.g., '720p', '1080p') download_audio_only: If True, download only audio as MP3 """ self.playlist_url = playlist_url self.output_dir = Path(output_dir) self.quality = quality self.max_resolution = max_resolution self.download_audio_only = download_audio_only self.playlist = None self.stats = "total": 0, "successful": 0, "failed": 0, "skipped": 0, "failed_videos": [] # Create output directory if it doesn't exist self.output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) # If downloading audio only, create an audio subdirectory if self.download_audio_only: self.output_dir = self.output_dir / "audio" self.output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) output_dir: str = "downloads"
def sanitize_filename(self, filename: str) -> str: """Remove invalid characters from filename""" # Remove invalid characters for Windows/Linux/Mac invalid_chars = r'[<>:"/\\|?*]' filename = re.sub(invalid_chars, '_', filename) # Limit filename length if len(filename) > 200: filename = filename[:200] return filename.strip()
class YouTubePlaylistDownloader: """Main class for downloading YouTube playlists"""
def download_video(self, video_url: str, index: int, total: int) -> bool: """ Download a single video Returns: bool: True if successful, False otherwise """ try: # Create YouTube object video = YouTube(video_url, on_progress_callback=self.on_progress) # Get video title title = self.sanitize_filename(video.title) print(f"\nFore.YELLOW[index/total] Fore.WHITEDownloading: title") # Check if file already exists if self.download_audio_only: output_path = self.output_dir / f"title.mp3" else: output_path = self.output_dir / f"title.mp4" if output_path.exists(): print(f"Fore.BLUE⏭️ File already exists, skipping...") self.stats["skipped"] += 1 return True # Get appropriate stream stream = self.get_video_stream(video) if not stream: print(f"Fore.RED❌ No suitable stream found") return False # Download if self.download_audio_only: # Download audio and convert to MP3 out_file = stream.download(output_path=self.output_dir) base, ext = os.path.splitext(out_file) new_file = base + '.mp3' os.rename(out_file, new_file) print(f"Fore.GREEN✅ Downloaded audio: title.mp3") else: stream.download(output_path=self.output_dir, filename=f"title.mp4") print(f"Fore.GREEN✅ Downloaded video: title.mp4") return True except VideoUnavailable: print(f"Fore.RED❌ Video unavailable: video_url") self.stats["failed_videos"].append("url": video_url, "error": "Video unavailable") return False except PytubeError as e: print(f"Fore.RED❌ Pytube error: e") self.stats["failed_videos"].append("url": video_url, "error": str(e)) return False except Exception as e: print(f"Fore.RED❌ Unexpected error: e") self.stats["failed_videos"].append("url": video_url, "error": str(e)) return False