Python program that automatically downloads a single video from a URL saved in the clipboard or a list of videos from various URLs saved in a text file.

• 1. Description
• 2. Getting started
  • 2.1 Dependencies
  • 2.2 Installing
  • 2.3 Executing program
• 3. Version history

dvid.py is a Python program that allows to download videos from various URLs. The software currently supports videos hosted on following platforms:

• YouTube
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• TikTok
• Twitch
• Vimeo
• Dailymotion
• 20 Minuten
• Pinterest

In case a video doesn't come from one of the above-mentioned websites, the program still tries to download it using a default method based on the youtube_dl Python package.

Important points to notice:

• Regarding Instagram posts, the program only downloads ".mp4" files. It does NOT download ".jpg" files (i.e. pictures and thumbnails).
• Verifying the availability of Instagram posts requires Instagram account credentials. These can be automatically retrieved in the instagram_downloader function by creating an instagram_credentials.txt file in the utils folder with your username and password on respectively the first and second line.
• Downloading private Facebook videos requires Facebook account credentials. These can be automatically retrieved in the facebook_downloader_1 function by creating a facebook_credentials.txt file in the utils folder with your email_address and password on respectively the first and second line.
• The current date is added at the beginning of the name of each video.
• The corresponding URL of each video is copied to the "Comments" section of the video file meta information.

• Tested on macOS Big Sur version 11.0.1
• Python 3.7

pip install -r requirements.txt

• To access useful help messages, type following Terminal command at the root of the project:

  python3.7 dvid.py -h

• To download a single video from a URL saved in the clipboard, issue following command at the root of the project:

  python3.7 dvid.py

  The program will automatically get the clipboard stored URL and download its attached video.

• To download videos from a list of various URLs, create a text file containing all the URLs you are interested in. Make sure each URL is separated by a line break, get the path of the text file and issue following command at the root of the project:

  python3.7 dvid.py --textFilePath /path/to/your/text/file/my_text_file.txt

  The program will automatically scroll through the list of URLs. For each URL, it will determine the source platform and retrieve the video using a dedicated method.

• 0.1
  • Initial release