Download Playlist Using Youtube-DL

youtube-dl_playlist.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import argparse
import base64
import os
import re
import subprocess

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-i', '--url-list', help='List of URL/filename pairs, delimited by tabs')
args = parser.parse_args()

for line in open(args.url_list):
	output_file, master_json_url = line.rstrip().split()
	print("\n*** %s - DOWNLOAD STARTED ***\n" % output_file)
	master_json_url = '.mpd'.join(master_json_url.rsplit('.json', 1))

	# Downloading video using youtube-dl
	cmd = 'youtube-dl --no-check-certificate -f bestvideo+bestaudio -o '
	cmd += output_file
	cmd += '.mp4 '
	cmd += master_json_url
	print(cmd)
	subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)
	# Log the conclusion of the operations
	print("\n*** %s - DOWNLOADED SUCCESSFULLY ***\n" % output_file)