I'm really interested in developing a YouTube video downloader specifically for Android. My plan is to start with the Android app, and eventually branch out to Apple and computers. I'm looking for any resources or examples I could use to create this app, along with advice on the coding part to help me write my own original version.
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How experienced are you with programming? Just trying to gauge where to start with this. Do you have a solid grasp of the basics?
Definitely check out the yt-dlp project on GitHub! They've done a lot of the heavy lifting in figuring out how to download videos from YouTube by reverse-engineering their APIs. It's written in Python, so you could either integrate a Python interpreter into your app or rewrite it in another language. Plus, it's in the public domain—so you're free to use it as you like. Just keep in mind that YouTube updates their APIs regularly, so your app will need to adapt to those changes.
Thanks for the heads up, that sounds really useful!
For more examples, you might want to look at this project called meTube on GitHub. It's a cool starting point that might give you some ideas.
Hold up, let me just tweak that for the YouTube part!
I’d say I’m around intermediate. I know Python pretty well, but I haven’t dabbled much in JavaScript or C++.