Youtube-Downloader

Youtube-Downloader lets you download the audio from Youtube videos and have them automatically uploaded to a specified location. It also creates the correct folder structure and sets ID3 tags. Works well with Plex!

Setup

The following steps assume that you have already installed Node

1. Get Spotify API credentials from https://developer.spotify.com
   • Log in with a Spotify account
   • Go to the dashboard and click 'create an app'
   • Fill out the form and click next
   • Once you get to the project dashboard, copy the client ID and secret
2. cd to where you want the app to be installed (ex: cd ~/user/Documents)
3. Clone the repo (ex: git clone https://github.com/samr28/Youtube-Downloader.git)
4. cd into the directory: cd Youtube-Downloader
5. Make the install script executable (chmod +x install) and run it: ./install
   • This creates a run script, installs foreverjs, ytdl, ffmpeg, id3tool, python, and runs npm install
6. Edit run
   • Set DOWNLOAD_LOCATION to the folder that you want to store music in
   • Set PASSWORD to whatever you want
   • Set WEB_PORT to whatever port you want to use
   • Set SPOTIFY_API_KEY and SPOTIFY_SECRET to the credentials provided by Spotify (API Key is your client ID and secret is your client secret)
   • Modify the foreverjs command to use the correct log file
7. Type ./run to start the app (if you encounter any errors, open an issue)

Usage

1. Navigate to YOUR_IP:WEB_PORT (set in run)
2. Paste in a Youtube video URL into the link field
3. Hit tab or click on a different textbox (like the password box)
4. The server will make a request to the Spotify API and attempt to autofill the song metadata
   • In the case of incorrect metadata, scroll down to the autofill box and pick the correct suggestion
5. Next fill out the password field and click download

Note that Plex defaults to updating libraries about once a day. If you don't see your music in Plex, you can force it to scan library files through the Plex webapp.