youtube downloader

JavaScript/youtube-dowloader/index.js

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+const fs = require('fs');
+const ytdl = require('ytdl-core');
+
+let videos = [];
+
+if (!fs.existsSync('./videos.txt')) {
+    console.log('Could not find videos.txt, make sure it exists and has youtube links, each on new lines');
+    process.exit();
+}
+
+let text = fs.readFileSync('./videos.txt').toString();
+text.split('\n').forEach((line) => {
+    videos.push(line.replace(/\r/, ''));
+});
+
+videos.forEach((url) => {
+    if (ytdl.validateURL(url)) {
+        ytdl.getInfo(url, (err, info) => {
+            if (err) {
+                console.log(`An error occured while downloading '${url}'`)
+            } else {
+                let title = info.title;
+
+                try {
+                    let stream = ytdl(url, {quality: 'highest'}).pipe(fs.createWriteStream(`${title}.mp4`));
+                    stream.on('finish', () => console.log(`Finish downloading ${title}`));
+                } catch (e) {
+                    console.log(`An error occured while downloaing '${title}' retrying`)
+                    try {
+                        let stream = ytdl(url, {quality: 'highest'}).pipe(fs.createWriteStream(`${title}.mp4`));
+                        stream.on('finish', () => console.log(`Finish downloading '${title}'`));
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        console.log(`Unable to download '${title}'`)
+                    }
+                }
+                console.log(`Downloading '${title}'`);
+            }
+        })
+    } else console.log(`Video ${url} was not found`);
+});