aristid-lavri/JeanPhilippe_Yt-dl

A Windows Runtime library, that allow you to get downloadable url of Youtube video link.

Jean Philippe Youtube Url Downloader (JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl)

A Windows Runtime library, that allow you to get downloadable url of Youtube video link.

Overview

JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl is a library for Windows Runtime (WinRT), written in C#, that allow you to get downloadable url of Youtube video link.

Target platforms

• Windows 8.1
• Windows Phone 8.1
• WinRT

NuGet

JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl at NuGet

Install-Package JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl

License

The JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl URL-extraction code is licensed under the MIT License

Example code

How to get the downloadable Url of a video and to download it

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using Windows.Storage;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using JeanPhilippe_Youtube-dl;

// Your Youtube video url
string Url = "insert video url";

//You need to create Youtube ApiKey
//Go to https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started , follow the instructions
//And create your Youtube ApiKey 
string ApiKey = " your Youtube Apikey here";

string ApplicationName = "Name of your application";

//This function will return the video file when it'll finish to download it
private async Task<StorageFile> Video_Downloading(string videoUrl, string fileName)
{
            ProcessDownload process = new ProcessDownload(ApiKey, ApplicationName);

            IEnumerable<VideoInfo> List_video = await DownloadUrlResolver.GetDownloadUrls(videoUrl);

            VideoInfo video = List_video.First(info => info.VideoType == VideoType.Mp4 && info.Resolution == 360);

            StorageFile file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(fileName,
                CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);

            Uri source;
            Uri.TryCreate(video.DownloadUrl.Trim(), UriKind.Absolute, out source);

            BackgroundDownloader _downloader = new BackgroundDownloader();
            DownloadOperation operation = _downloader.CreateDownload(source, file);
            
            await operation.StartAsync(); //Start downloading your video in background
            return file;
}

 // The file that represents your video file downloaded
 var f = await Video_Downloading(Url, "MyVideo");