Node-yt-dl-cli NPM

YT-DL-CLI

A quick and easy CLI to download the highest quality YouTube videos, from 4k, you can download ANY quality, or just the audio.

ONLY WINDOWS OS IS SUPPORTED AS OF RIGHT NOW

There are plans to add suport for Linux operating systems in the near future, so stay tuned!

Getting Started (Windows)

To download this please install the latest LTS of Node.js by going to https://nodejs.org/en/

Open any command prompt and insert the following,

npm i node-yt-dl-cli -g

After its finished

Insert yt into the console, and press enter, you now have YT-DL-CLI installed! Read below for some basic examples and instructions/information!

Basic Functions (3.6.5-latest)

--help ---------- Show help boolean --version ---------- Show version number boolean --update ---------- Check for an update from the API, if there is one, install it. boolean --forceupdate ---------- Force an update, even if its the same version. boolean --branch ---------- choose the branch of YT-DL-CLI to use string --branches ---------- A list of the available the branches of YT-DL-CLI to use boolean --audio ---------- Audio only boolean --open ---------- Open audio/video when done boolean --openfolder ---------- Open audio/video folder when done (DEFAULT: TRUE) boolean --url ---------- Youtube video URL string

Audio only eample, `yt --audio --url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVcbDGioFA`

Video & audio example, `yt --url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVcbDGioFA`

Beta Functions (4.3.3-beta)

Options: --help ---------- Show help boolean --version ---------- Show version number boolean --update ---------- Check for an update from the API, if there is one, install it. boolean --forceupdate ---------- Force an update, even if its the same version. boolean --about About the CLI boolean --addcommand ---------- Add a command for yt-dl-cli (DEFAULT: 'yt') string --remcommand ---------- Remove a command for yt-dl-cli string --commands ---------- Shows all start commands boolean --videostats ---------- Shows available statistics of a YouTube video via URL. string --thumbnail ---------- Gets a youtube videos thumbnail string --refreshmodules ---------- Refresh the NPM Modules if theres any errors. string --branch ---------- choose the branch of YT-DL-CLI to use string --branches ---------- A list of the available the branches of YT-DL-CLI to use boolean --audio ---------- Audio only boolean --open ---------- Open audio/video when done boolean --openfolder ---------- Open audio/video folder when done (DEFAULT: TRUE) boolean --url ---------- Youtube video URL string