Several users have brought out that some websites or some formats are not working correclty. While I will try my best to investigate these issues, there is a large possibility that the problems do not belong to this code. Instead, the problems might come from the loaderCDN.io server, which is using youtube-dl as video urls extractors and it not always update-to-date with the ever-changing video sites' framework. In that case, we could only hope these issues would be addressed by youtube-dl in time, or find alternative ways.
Download videos from video-hosting sites.
Example: bilibili.com (limited), youtube.com, vimeo.com
Supported formats: mp3, flv, mp4, ogg, avi, more
You must supply your loaderCDN api key with -k/--k. Get your key here
required packages: python3, requests
python3 lcdownloader.py [OPTIONS] -k apikey URLs
# to load a text file of urls: -I listfilfe
# to use custom header file: -H headers.txt URLs
# to overwrite existing files:: -f/--force
# select starting/end position within supplied listfile: -s/-e
# more options: -h/--helpheader file format requirement:
Key: value,
Key: value,
Key: value
# key,value strings can be single/double quoted with `' or `"
# comma after value is not necessary but recommended
default behavior: downloading .mp3
+ /log/debug-lcddownloader.log
+ /log/warn-lcddownloader.log
old log files will be overwritten.
if you wish to only extract information on videos, use -u or -i option. However, the downloadable links will only be available on LoaderCDN server for a limited time.
Inforamtion will also be saved as titl- prepended text files under downloaded directory.
this is due to that the LoaderCDN service uses youtube-dl for link resoluation and format transcoding in real-time. It does not download any content on its server. So it is impossible for it and for me to estimate the size of the file, nor to support resuming download.
since link resolutoin is provided by loaderCDN by youtube-dl, the availability of supported sites completely depends on youtube-dl, and is likely to change in time.
i will try to update the unsupported site list here. you can also submit issues to help me with it.
bilibili.com: partially unsupported. muti-part videos do not resolve; .flv download not work. But you can still download other formats with single part videos.
https://www.dplay.se: audio cannot be found on videos hosted on this website.
A loaderCDN API port to python, default format: mp3
-h, --help Print this help message and exit
-F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
specify downloading format
-f, --force force overwrite existing file
-H HEADER_FILE, --headers HEADER_FILE
Load headers.txt
-I FILE, --input-file FILE
Read non-playlist URLs from FILE
-k KEY, --key KEY supply loadercdn api key: string or key.txt
-s START, --start START
starting position of URLs list: 1-len(URLs)
-e END, --end END end position of URLs list: 1-len(URLs)
-d, --debug debug mode. Enables debug.log
Dry-run options:
(no actual downloading)
-i, --info Print extracted information (headers)
-u, --url Print extracted URLs (only)
The code is distributed under MIT license
The code only uses service provided by LoaderCDN @ 2018 and youtube-dl. It complies with all their copyright disclaimers and other copyright laws.
In particular,
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
In case your use of the software forms the basis of copyright infringement, or you use the software for any other illegal purposes, the authors cannot take any responsibility for you.
This blog for continue-downloading code reference.
soimort/you-get for inspiration and Legal text.
LoaderCDN developer for many detailed discussions and inquiries.