This project was inspired by a very popular youtube-dl python package:
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl
Yes, there are multiple other PHP-based youtube downloaders on the Internet, but most of them haven't been updated in years, or they depend on youtube-dl itself.
Pure PHP-based youtube downloaders that work, and are kept-up-to date just do not exist.
This script does not depend on anything other than cURL. No Javascript interpreters, no calls to shell... nothing but pure PHP with no heavy dependencies either.
That's all there is to it!
- Stream YouTube videos directly from your server:
$youtube = new \YouTube\YouTubeStreamer();
$youtube->stream('https://r4---sn-n4v7knll.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?...');
on Heroku:
Create a FREE account first if you do not yet have one:
https://signup.heroku.com/
Too many people have abused this. I will be shutting it down soon. Spin this app on your own heroku account.
Just to prove its reliability and the fact that it works even with YouTube videos that encrypt their signature, visit this URL:
https://api.unblockvideos.com/youtube_downloader?id=e-ORhEE9VVg&selector=mp4
Or stream it directly:
https://api.unblockvideos.com/youtube_downloader?id=e-ORhEE9VVg&selector=mp4&redirect=true
Works with Age-Restricted videos too
- TODO
Recommended way of installing this is via Composer:
composer require athlon1600/youtube-downloaderRun locally:
php -S localhost:8000 -t vendor/athlon1600/youtube-downloader/publicuse YouTube\YouTubeDownloader;
$yt = new YouTubeDownloader();
$links = $yt->getDownloadLinks("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxsmWxxouIM");
var_dump($links);Result:
array(5) {
[22]=>
array(2) {
["url"]=>
string(670) "https://r3---sn-vgqs7ney.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=1142500&nh=IgpwZjAxLm9yZDM1Kg42Ni4yMDguMjI4LjIwMQ&key=yt6&mime=video%2Fmp4&mn=sn-vgqs7ney&mm=31&id=o-APybfQxBq_Uf0UwtAWdBuT2hoXzus5lvuXnd9VSmh5Dl&ip=67.184.200.25&gcr=us&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mt=1482861742&ms=au&pl=16&itag=22&ei=Fq1iWM-PIsLyugLMor-gBA&mv=m&source=youtube&upn=pDkyvSW9InM&dur=265.357&ipbits=0&expire=1482883446&lmt=1478829845344913&signature=A27686411B20AD4EB61A29BC695509DB4D003681.9AE606614F809319EEE0B230BFCEFD09F5C39E12"
["format"]=>
string(13) "MP4 720p (HD)"
}
[43]=>
array(2) {
["url"]=>
string(704) "https://r3---sn-vgqs7ney.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=1142500&nh=IgpwZjAxLm9yZDM1Kg42Ni4yMDguMjI4LjIwMQ&key=yt6&gir=yes&mime=video%2Fwebm&mn=sn-vgqs7ney&mm=31&id=o-APybfQxBq_Uf0UwtAWdBuT2hoXzus5lvuXnd9VSmh5Dl&clen=23934795&ip=67.184.200.25&gcr=us&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mt=1482861742&ms=au&pl=16&itag=43&ei=Fq1iWM-PIsLyugLMor-gBA&mv=m&source=youtube&upn=pDkyvSW9InM&dur=0.000&ipbits=0&expire=1482883446&lmt=1466552369088504&signature=4A9B43F989EF4DB937C56AC889BF9AFAA1363439.87B358B93A19E3C292BE823A2E7FD505E527956C"
["format"]=>
string(9) "WebM 360p"
}
[18]=>
array(2) {
["url"]=>
string(705) "https://r3---sn-vgqs7ney.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?ratebypass=yes&requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=1142500&nh=IgpwZjAxLm9yZDM1Kg42Ni4yMDguMjI4LjIwMQ&key=yt6&gir=yes&mime=video%2Fmp4&mn=sn-vgqs7ney&mm=31&id=o-APybfQxBq_Uf0UwtAWdBuT2hoXzus5lvuXnd9VSmh5Dl&clen=18431345&ip=67.184.200.25&gcr=us&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mt=1482861742&ms=au&pl=16&itag=18&ei=Fq1iWM-PIsLyugLMor-gBA&mv=m&source=youtube&upn=pDkyvSW9InM&dur=265.357&ipbits=0&expire=1482883446&lmt=1478827692757115&signature=0C2203FABCEBC01A0B154C109EA7A03EBB778A17.7FFE657A41B06ABB4729E03253A92E1AA5562D3E"
["format"]=>
string(8) "MP4 360p"
}
[36]=>
array(2) {
["url"]=>
string(677) "https://r3---sn-vgqs7ney.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=1142500&nh=IgpwZjAxLm9yZDM1Kg42Ni4yMDguMjI4LjIwMQ&key=yt6&gir=yes&mime=video%2F3gpp&mn=sn-vgqs7ney&mm=31&id=o-APybfQxBq_Uf0UwtAWdBuT2hoXzus5lvuXnd9VSmh5Dl&clen=7400500&ip=67.184.200.25&gcr=us&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mt=1482861742&ms=au&pl=16&itag=36&ei=Fq1iWM-PIsLyugLMor-gBA&mv=m&source=youtube&upn=pDkyvSW9InM&dur=265.404&ipbits=0&expire=1482883446&lmt=1466551971126275&signature=121F4D6F18C10D31951E2C2A857E52351BCC1A8C.B6EFCCB6734190053A0F3980FC67D3E508EA30FF"
["format"]=>
string(7) "Unknown"
}
[17]=>
array(2) {
["url"]=>
string(677) "https://r3---sn-vgqs7ney.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?requiressl=yes&initcwndbps=1142500&nh=IgpwZjAxLm9yZDM1Kg42Ni4yMDguMjI4LjIwMQ&key=yt6&gir=yes&mime=video%2F3gpp&mn=sn-vgqs7ney&mm=31&id=o-APybfQxBq_Uf0UwtAWdBuT2hoXzus5lvuXnd9VSmh5Dl&clen=2661359&ip=67.184.200.25&gcr=us&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cnh%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&mt=1482861742&ms=au&pl=16&itag=17&ei=Fq1iWM-PIsLyugLMor-gBA&mv=m&source=youtube&upn=pDkyvSW9InM&dur=265.404&ipbits=0&expire=1482883446&lmt=1466551946325771&signature=9C0017C6EE3EC754BCB73E4546483807143CC495.A738E50D2B2C9073E9369A8828BA780B6BA453F7"
["format"]=>
string(8) "3GP 144p"
}
}A more detailed explanation on how to download videos from YouTube will be written soon. For now, there is this:
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
- Optional command that finds ALL video formats.