Youtube Channel Scraper

download_videos.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3 

# Downloads every video from a Youtube channel in highest quality
# Example:
#   export CHANNEL_URL="https://www.youtube.com/@psicoactivopodcast/videos"
#   docker run -v ./downloads:/downloads -e CHANNEL_URL="${CHANNEL_URL}" youtube-downloader

import yt_dlp
import os

# Define the download function
def download_youtube_channel(channel_url, download_path='/downloads'):
    # Ensure the download path exists
    os.makedirs(download_path, exist_ok=True)
    
    # yt-dlp options for the highest quality video
    ydl_opts = {
        'format': 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best',  # Download best video and audio, or best available
        'merge_output_format': 'mp4',          # Merge video and audio to mp4
        'outtmpl': os.path.join(download_path, '%(title)s.%(ext)s'),  # Output file naming
        'ignoreerrors': True,                  # Ignore errors and continue downloading other videos
        'playlistend': None,                   # Download all videos
    }
    
    # Start the download process
    with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
        try:
            ydl.download([channel_url])
            print("Download completed successfully.")
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

# Channel URL to download from
channel_url = os.getenv('CHANNEL_URL', 'https://www.youtube.com/c/YOUR_CHANNEL_NAME/videos')

# Download videos
download_youtube_channel(channel_url)