NAME

App::YoutubeDlIfNotYet - (DEPRECATED) Download videos using youtube-dl only if videos have not been donwnloaded yet

VERSION

This document describes version 0.003 of App::YoutubeDlIfNotYet (from Perl distribution App-YoutubeDlIfNotYet), released on 2020-04-05.

DEPRECATION NOTICE

Superseded by youtube-dl-if (from App::YoutubeDlIf).

DESCRIPTION

FUNCTIONS

youtube_dl_if_not_yet

Usage:

youtube_dl_if_not_yet(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

(DEPRECATED) Download videos using youtube-dl only if videos have not been donwnloaded yet.

This is a wrapper for youtube-dl; it tries to extract downloaded video ID's from filenames or URL's or video ID's listed in a text file, e.g.:

35682594        Table Tennis Shots- If Were Not Filmed, Nobody Would Believe [HD]-dUjxqFbWzQo.mp4       date:[2019-12-29 ]

or:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/U9v2S49sHeQ?rel=0

or:

U9v2S49sHeQ

When a video ID is found then it is assumed to be already downloaded in the past and will not be downloaded again.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• log_file => str (default: "/home/s1/notes/download-logs.org")

  File that contains list of download filenames.

• urls_or_ids* => array[str]

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HISTORY

First written in Apr 2016. Packaged as CPAN distribution in Apr 2020.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-YoutubeDlIfNotYet.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-YoutubeDlIfNotYet.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-YoutubeDlIfNotYet

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

App::YouTubeUtils for other YouTube-related CLIs.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.