Abraham E. Tavarez
youtube video scan
56225c5
import yt_dlp
import os
import uuid
def download_youtube_video(url: str, output_dir: str = "/tmp"):
"""Downloads the YouTube video and returns the local file path."""
video_id = str(uuid.uuid4())[:8]
output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{video_id}.mp4")
ydl_opts = {
"format": "best[ext=mp4]/best",
"outtmpl": output_path,
"quiet": True,
"noplaylist": True,
}
with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
ydl.download([url])
return output_path