dl.py

def do_download(url, addedBy):
    isPlaylist = url.find('&list=')
    if(isPlaylist > -1):
        url = url[0:isPlaylist]

    # TODO: need to catch malformed url
    # TODO: check if folder exists probably
    ydl = youtube_dl.YoutubeDL({'outtmpl': os.path.join(cfg.download_path, '%(title)s - %(id)s.%(ext)s'),
                                'format': 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best',
                                'getfilename': True,
                                'keep': True,
                                'logger': logging
                                # , 'restrictfilenames': True # makes it too hard to guess file name for now
                                })

    # ydl.add_progress_hook(ydlhook) # add hook function to update with progress
    with ydl:
        result = ydl.extract_info(
            url
            # ,download=False # We just want to extract the info
        )

    if 'entries' in result:
        # Can be a playlist or a list of videos
        # not doing playlists yet
        # video = result['entries'][0]
        return {'result': False}
    else:
        # Just a video
        youtubeResponse = result

    full_path = ydl.prepare_filename(youtubeResponse)
    # full_filename = ntpath.basename(full_path)
    path_name, ext = get_extension(full_path)
    found_file = False
    # test if we had to merge the files into an mkv
    try:
        logging.info('looking for downloaded video at \"%s\" ', full_path)

        if Path(full_path).is_file():
            found_file = True
            logging.info('found file \"%s\" using youtube-dl filename', full_path)
        else:
            logging.info('couldn\'t find \"%s\"', full_path)

            if Path(path_name + '.mkv').is_file():
                found_file = True
                logging.info('video found at ' + path_name + '.mkv')
                ext = '.mkv'
            else:
                logging.info('couldn\'t find ' + path_name + '.mkv')

    except Exception as err:
        logging.error('failed to determine path_name error:\n %s', str(err))

    if(not found_file):
        print('couldn\'t find file ' + path_name)
        return False

    print('filename should be: ' + path_name + ext)

    # todo: this contains a lot of bullshit like [Official Video] maybe have a list of banned phrases, maybe just regex out everything between () or [] or ""
    # possibly get title from one of those lookup tools like is used in kodi
    title = youtubeResponse['title']