How to download a you tube video with python script !!

Now downloading a you tube video is very easy we can do it by using any of the you tube down loaders or idm.

But why to install down loaders we can directly use python to do this job.

In this Post i am going to tell you about how to download videos from You tube:

Python module required to do this task:

youtube-dl

Module installation:

            pip install youtube-dl

Now to download a You tube video you require the url of it and then use the following code to download it:

import youtube_dl

a = {}

with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(a) as y:

   y.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJD38DjY1Cg'])

This download the video present in the above mentioned url:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJD38DjY1Cg

to your current working directory.


You can see your current working directory by using following commands:

import os
cwd = os.getcwd()


Also you can change the save location of the videos by changing the location of current working directory by using following commands:

os.chdir(<path>)


Note:

Keep checking my blog for further post on how to download all videos in a playlist and a youtube channel and many more.