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https://github.com/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist

Python script to download all YouTube videos from your Watch Later Playlist automatically.
https://github.com/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist

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Python script to download all YouTube videos from your Watch Later Playlist automatically.

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# YouTube-DL-Watch-Later-Playlist 



> Python script to download YouTube videos from your Watch Later Playlist



[![Open Issues](https://badgen.net/github/open-issues/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist)](https://github.com/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist/issues)

[![License](https://badgen.net/github/license/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist)](LICENSE)



[Report Bug](https://github.com/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist/issues) · [Request Feature](https://github.com/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist/issues)



## Table of Contents 



* [About The Project](#about-the-project)

  * [Built With](#built-with)

  * [Features](#features)

* [Getting Started](#getting-started)

  * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)

  * [Installation](#installation)

* [Usage](#usage)

  * [Customize](#customize)

* [Known Issues](#known-issues)

* [Contributing](#contributing)

* [License](#license)

* [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)



## About The Project



[![Product Screenshot][product-screenshot]](https://github.com/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist/)



`youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist.py` is a python script to automatically download ~~all~~ [the first 100](#known-issues) YouTube videos from your current Watch Later Playlist. The script will start `Chromedriver` and login to your Google Account. 



Logging in to your Google Account is currently done by signing up at `stackoverflow.com` via Google, since logging in to Google directly at YouTube won't work due to Google not trusting automated Webbrowsers like `Chromedriver`. The workaround works, since `stackoverflow.com` is one of the trusted apps by Google.



The script also works when your Google Account has `Two-Factor Authentication` activated and will wait for 5 minutes before throwing a TimeoutException.



After successfully logging in to Google and being redirected to `stackoverflow.com`, `Chromedriver` will move to `https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL` and crawl the links for all the videos in the playlist and the script will start downloading them with `youtube-dl`.



### Built With



* [Python 3.7.6](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

* [Selenium](https://pypi.org/project/selenium/)



### Features



* Colored Terminal output with [termcolor](https://pypi.org/project/termcolor/)



## Getting Started



To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.



### Prerequisites



* Python 3



```sh

# Install via brew on macOS

brew install python

```



For Linux and Windows refer to [this](https://realpython.com/installing-python/).



* Chromedriver



```sh

brew cask install chromedriver

```



For Linux and Windows refer to [this](https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads).



* youtube-dl



```sh

brew install youtube-dl

```



For Linux and Windows refer to [this](http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html).



### Installation



1: Fork the repository (using the `Fork` button at the top)



2: Clone the repository



```sh

# Replace {YOUR_USERNAME} with your actual username

git clone https://github.com/{YOUR_USERNAME}/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist.git

```



3: Change directory to youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist



```sh

cd youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist

```



4: Install python requirements



```sh

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

```



## Usage



* Start the download script



```sh

python3 youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist.py

```



* The script will prompt you for your `google username` and your `google password`



![Usage Input Screenshot][usage-input-screenshot]



* After your input, the script will start an automated Chrome browser with Selenium and sign up to `stackoverflow.com` with your Google credentials.

* If you entered wrong credentials you will be prompted for them again in your Terminal.



![Usage Wrong Input Screenshot][usage-wrong-input-screenshot]



### Customize



* You can change the download folder for the videos in line 11:



```text

download_folder = '~/Downloads/'

```



### Known Issues



* [Open Issue](https://github.com/longpdo/youtube-dl-watch-later-playlist/issues/1#issue-755254593): Will only download the first 100 entries of your Watch Later Playlist



## Contributing



Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.



1. Fork the Project

2. Create your Feature Branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`)

3. Commit your Changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`)

4. Push to the Branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`)

5. Open a Pull Request



## License



Distributed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` for more information.



## Acknowledgements



* [Workaround for Google Login issue](https://gist.github.com/ikegami-yukino/51b247080976cb41fe93#gistcomment-3181443) - 'This browser or app may not be secure'

* [youtube-dl](http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/)



[product-screenshot]: images/example.gif

[usage-input-screenshot]: images/example_input.gif

[usage-wrong-input-screenshot]: images/example_wrong_input.gif