YoutubeDL-Material is a Material Design frontend for [youtube-dl](https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/). It's coded using [Angular 15](https://angular.io/) for the frontend, and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) on the backend.
NOTE: If you are intending to use a [reverse proxy](https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material/wiki/Reverse-Proxy-Setup), this next step is not necessary
4. Once the configuration is done, run `npm install` to install all the backend dependencies. Once that is finished, type `npm start`. This will run the backend server, which serves the frontend as well. On your browser, navigate to to the server (url with the specified port). Try putting in a youtube link to see if it works. If it does, viola! YoutubeDL-Material is now up and running.
If you experience problems, know that it's usually caused by a configuration problem. The first thing you should do is check the console. To get there, right click anywhere on the page and click "Inspect element." Then on the menu that pops up, click console. Look at the error there, and try to investigate.
If you'd like to install YoutubeDL-Material, go to the Installation section. If you want to build it yourself and/or develop the repository, then this section is for you.
To deploy, simply clone the repository, and go into the `youtubedl-material` directory. Type `npm install` and all the dependencies will install. Then type `cd backend` and again type `npm install` to install the dependencies for the backend.
Once you do that, you're almost up and running. All you need to do is edit the configuration in `youtubedl-material/appdata`, go back into the `youtubedl-material` directory, and type `npm run build`. This will build the app, and put the output files in the `youtubedl-material/backend/public` folder.
Lastly, type `npm -g install pm2` to install pm2 globally.
Finally, if you want your instance to be available from outside your network, you can set up a [reverse proxy](https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material/wiki/Reverse-Proxy-Setup).
Alternatively, you can port forward the port specified in the config (defaults to `17442`) and point it to the server's IP address. Make sure the port is also allowed through the server's firewall.
If you're on a Synology NAS, unRAID, Raspberry Pi 4 or any other possible special case you can check if there's known issues or instructions both in the issue tracker and in the [Wiki!](https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material/wiki#environment-specific-guideshelp)
1. Run `curl -L https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml -o docker-compose.yml` to download the latest Docker Compose, or go to the [releases](https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material/releases/) page to grab the version you'd like.
2. Run `docker-compose pull`. This will download the official YoutubeDL-Material docker image.
3. Run `docker-compose up` to start it up. If successful, it should say "HTTP(S): Started on port 17443" or something similar. This tells you the *container-internal* port of the application. Please check your `docker-compose.yml` file for the *external* port. If you downloaded the file as described above, it defaults to **8998**.
4. Make sure you can connect to the specified URL + *external* port, and if so, you are done!
By default, the Docker container runs as non-root with UID=1000 and GID=1000. To set this to your own UID/GID, simply update the `environment` section in your `docker-compose.yml` like so:
For much better scaling with large datasets please run your YoutubeDL-Material instance with MongoDB backend rather than the json file-based default. It will fix a lot of performance problems (especially with datasets in the tens of thousands videos/audios)!
Once you have enabled the API and have the key, you can start sending requests by adding the query param `apiKey=API_KEY`. Replace `API_KEY` with your actual API key, and you should be good to go! Nearly all of the backend should be at your disposal. View available endpoints in the link above.
If you are using iOS, try YoutubeDL-Material more conveniently with a Shortcut. With this Shorcut, you can easily start downloading YouTube video with just two taps! (Or maybe three?)
You can download Shortcut [here.](https://routinehub.co/shortcut/10283/)
If you're interested in contributing, first: awesome! Second, please refer to the guidelines/setup information located in the [Contributing](https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material/wiki/Contributing) wiki page, it's a helpful way to get you on your feet and coding away.
Pull requests are always appreciated! If you're a bit rusty with coding, that's no problem: we can always help you learn. And if that's too scary, that's OK too! You can create issues for features you'd like to see or bugs you encounter, it all helps this project grow.
If you're interested in translating the app into a new language, check out the [Translate](https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material/wiki/Translate) wiki page.
