rusty_ytdl

Youtube downloading module written with pure Rust. Download videos blazing-fast without getting stuck on Youtube download speed (Downloads 20MB video files in just 10 seconds!)

Overview

• Roadmap
• Usage
• Limitations

Roadmap

• download normal videos
• download live videos
• asynchronous API
• blocking API
• Proxy options
• Cookie options
• full video info deserialization
• CLI
• testing suite
• benchmarks

Usage

use rusty_ytdl::info::download;
use rusty_ytdl::structs::DownloadOptions;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
  let video_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ8BxMU3BYc"; // FZ8BxMU3BYc works too!
  let video_buffer: Vec<u8> = download(video_url,None, DownloadOptions::default()).await.unwrap();

  // Do what you want whit video buffer vector
  println!("{:#?}",video_buffer);
}

or get only video informations

use rusty_ytdl::info::get_info;
use rusty_ytdl::utils::choose_format;
use rusty_ytdl::structs::VideoOptions;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
  let video_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ8BxMU3BYc"; // FZ8BxMU3BYc works too!
  let video_info = get_info(video_url,None).await;
  // Also works with live videos!!

  println!("{:#?}",video_info);
  /*
  VideoInfo {
    ...
    video_details: VideoDetails,
    formats: Vec<serde_json::Value>,
    related_videos: Vec<serde_json::Value>
  }
  */

  let video_options = VideoOptions::default();
  let format = choose_format(&video_info.unwrap().formats,&video_options);

  // Get a format by VideoOptions filter parameter
  println!("{:#?}",format);
}

Limitations

rusty-ytdl cannot download videos that fall into the following

• Regionally restricted (requires a proxy)
• Private (if you have access, requires cookies)
• Rentals (if you have access, requires cookies)
• YouTube Premium content (if you have access, requires cookies)
• Only HLS Livestreams are currently supported. Other formats not will be fetch

Generated download links are valid for 6 hours, and may only be downloadable from the same IP address.

Installation

cargo add rusty_ytdl

Or add the following to your Cargo.toml file:

[dependencies]

rusty_ytdl = "0.1.0"