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feat: improve YouTube download reliability #4

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25 changes: 11 additions & 14 deletions backend/app.py
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def download():
ydl_opts = {
'format': 'bestaudio',
'outtmpl': f'{DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}/%(title)s.%(ext)s',

'impersonate': 'chrome',
'extractor_args': {
Comment on lines 26 to 30
'youtube': {
'player_client': ['android']
Expand All @@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ def download():

'geo_bypass': True,
'noplaylist': True,
'quiet': False,
'nocheckcertificate': True
'quiet': True,
'no_warnings': True,
'retries': 5,
'extractor_retries': 5
}

else:
Expand All @@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ def download():
'format': f'bestvideo[height<={height}]+bestaudio/best',
'merge_output_format': 'mp4',
'outtmpl': f'{DOWNLOAD_FOLDER}/%(title)s.%(ext)s',

'impersonate': 'chrome',
'extractor_args': {
'youtube': {
'player_client': ['android']
Expand All @@ -56,8 +58,10 @@ def download():

'geo_bypass': True,
'noplaylist': True,
'quiet': False,
'nocheckcertificate': True
'quiet': True,
'no_warnings': True,
'retries': 5,
'extractor_retries': 5
}

try:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -96,16 +100,9 @@ def cleanup(response):

return f"""
<h2>Download Failed-Retry</h2>

<p>{str(e)}</p>

<br>

<a href="/">
<button>
Go Back
</button>
</a>
<a href="/"><button>Go Back</button></a>
Comment on lines 101 to +105

""",400

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