youtube-cli

Dependencies

Requires pip, selenium for python, pyvirtualdisplay,python 2.7, youtube-dl, vlc

All of the abovecan be installed by the following commands:

sudo apt install youtube-dl
sudo apt-install vlc
sudo apt install python-pip
pip install selenium
pip install pyvirtualdisplay

Setup

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/arkonique/youtube-cli

Change the permissions for youtube-cli:

chmod 755 youtube-cli

Add chromedriver to the system path:

sudo cp chromedriver /usr/local/bin

That should set up the project

you can optionally add youtube-cli to the system path as well:

sudo cp youtube-cli /usr/local/bin

Usage

Run youtube-cli along with the search term:

./youtube-cli "hello world"

If you have added youtube-cli to the system path, you can use:

youtube-cli "hello world"

After displaying the results, you will get a console.

• Press v followed by : and a number from the displayed list to view the video in vlc eg:

   > v:5

• Press d followed by : and a range (beginning-end) or a single number from the displayed list to download the videos using youtube-dl eg:

   > d:3-5
   > d:4

• Press q to quit

Todo

• Add n feature to the console to view the next set of results