ytdlp-site/README.md

ytdlp-site

go mod tidy

export YTDLP_SITE_ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD=abc123
export YTDLP_SITE_SESSION_AUTH_KEY=v9qpt37hc4qpmhf
go run \
 -ldflags "-X ytdlp-site/config.gitSHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD) -X ytdlp-site/config.buildDate=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)" \
 *.go

Environment Variables

• YTDLP_SITE_ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD: password of the admin account, if the account does not exist
• YTDLP_SITE_SESSION_AUTH_KEY: admin-selected secret key for the cookie store
• YTDLP_SITE_SECURE: set to ON for HTTPS deployments

Docker

docker build --build-arg GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD) \
  -t server .

docker run --rm -it \
  -p 3000:8080 \
  --env YTDLP_SITE_ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD=abc123 \
  --env YTDLP_SITE_SESSION_AUTH_KEY=avowt7n8 \
  server

docker run --rm -it \
  -p 3000:8080 \
  --env YTDLP_SITE_DATA_DIR=/data \
  --env YTDLP_SITE_CONFIG_DIR=/data/config \
  --env YTDLP_SITE_ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD=abc123 \
  -v $(realpath data):/data \
  server

GHCR Deploy

Build and push this container to ghcr

• Create a "personal access token (classic)" with write:packages
  • account > settings > developer settings > personal access tokens > tokens (classic) > generate new token (classic)
• Put that personal access token as the repository actions secret GHCR_TOKEN.

Roadmap

• Video Page
  • Link to author
• Videos Page
  • Link to author
• License
• Delete failed videos
• edit original metadata
• Playlists
  • Refresh
• change from Audio -> Video
• Provide a better name for downloaded files
• Environment variable to control whether "Secure" flag set on cookie
• Allow custom FPS for video transcode
• Provide an about page
  • ffmpeg version
  • yt-dlp version
  • disk space
    • add progress bar to represent usage
  • CPU history
• skip buttons for audio player
• Track progress via video URL rather than ID
• video clips
• move original video to bottom
• sort videos most to least recent
• header on playlist page
• Choose database directory
• add extension to download
• server-side watch progress