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1. Introduction

Your ultimate Youtube utility - Download videos, audio, thumbnails, subtitles and video information from YouTube

2. Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Contents
• 3. Usage
  • 3.1 Download a video
  • 3.2 Download a thumbnail
  • 3.3 Download subtitles
  • 3.4 Download video information

3. Usage

3.1 Download a video

3.1.1 Syntax

node ytutils.js downnload video INPUT_URL OUTPUT_FILE

3.1.2 Example

node ytutils.js download video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWpo76mH_0 kirby_gourmetrace_remix.mp3

3.1.3 Arguments

Argument	Description	Example	Limitations
INPUT_URL	The URL of the YouTube Video that should be downloaded	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWpo76mH_0	Has to be a YouTube Video URL
OUTPUT_FILE	The Name of the File it should save the Video to	kirby_gourmetrace_remix.mp3	Has to end with ".mp3" or ".mp4" which also decides if it downloads the video as audio only or video

3.2 Download a thumbnail

Not implemented yet

3.3 Download subtitles

Not implemented yet

3.4 Download video information

3.1.1 Syntax

node ytutils.js infos INPUT_URL OUTPUT_FILE

3.1.2 Example

node ytutils.js infos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWpo76mH_0 kirby_gourmetrace_remix.json

3.1.3 Arguments

Argument	Description	Example	Limitations
INPUT_URL	The URL of the YouTube Video which's information should be downloaded	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWpo76mH_0	Has to be a YouTube Video URL
OUTPUT_FILE	The Name of the File it should save the Information to	kirby_gourmetrace_remix.json	Has to end with ".json" or ".text"