samdivaio / NYoutubeDL

A simple youtube-dl library for C#.

NYoutubeDL

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A simple youtube-dl library for C#.

See the main page for youtube-dl for more information.

Getting the package

• In the Nuget package manager console, run

    PM> Install-Package NYoutubeDL
  

• For DotNet Core apps, edit your project.json dependencies

    "NYoutubeDL": "0.1.1"
  

• Manually download nupkg from NuGet Gallery.

Using the code

See the documentation for youtube-dl first to understand what it does and how it does it.

1. Create a new YoutubeDL client:

    var youtubeDl = new YoutubeDL();
   

2. Options are grouped according to the youtube-dl documentation:

    youtubeDl.Options.FileSystem.Output = "/path/to/downloads/video.mp4";
    youtubeDl.Options.PostProcessing.ExtractAudio = true;
    youtubeDl.VideoUrl = "http://www.somevideosite.com/videoUrl";
   
    // Or update the binary
    youtubeDl.Options.General.Update = true;
   
    // Optional, required if binary is not in $PATH
    youtubeDl.YoutubeDlPath = "/path/to/youtube-dl";
   

3. Subscribe to the console output (optional, but recommended):

    youtubeDl.StandardOutputEvent += (sender, output) => Console.WriteLine(output);
    youtubeDl.StandardErrorEvent += (sender, errorOutput) => Console.WriteLine(errorOutput);
   

4. Start the download:

     // Just let it run
    youtubeDl.Download();
   
    // Or provide video url
    youtubeDl.Download("http://videosite.com/videoUrl");
    
    // Or start the download and monitor it using a process object
    Process ydlDownloadProcess = youtubeDl.Download();