https://github.com/alincode/youtube-playlist-cli

Youtube Playlist CLI
https://github.com/alincode/youtube-playlist-cli

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Youtube Playlist CLI

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alincode/youtube-playlist-cli
• Owner: alincode
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-04-30T22:59:35.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-06T18:16:14.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-23T04:11:15.562Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 1.14 MB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Youtube Playlist CLI

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It is a Youtube CLI tool to help you do many things.

### Feature

- It could help you quickly **download the videos**.

- It could help you quickly review playlist items information

- It could help you quickly generate **markdown** file.

- It could help you quickly generate **json** file.

### Requirements

- node 8.x.x

### Install

```sh

npm install -g youtube-playlist-cli

```

#### set your google api key

you need to get your API key, if you don't know how to do, maybe this video could help you.

[how to create YouTube API Key 2019 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jZ5vnv-LZc)

then set up env

```

// for Mac

export GOOGLE_API_KEY="========== YOUR GOOGLE API KEY =========="

export DOWNLOAD_FOLDER="/Users/ailinliu/Downloads"

// for Windows

set GOOGLE_API_KEY="========== YOUR GOOGLE API KEY =========="

set DOWNLOAD_FOLDER="C:\"

```

[How To Edit System Environment Variables In Windows 10 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-U9SGaNbwY)

### Usage via command mode

![](assets/cli.png)

```

yp

yp -c UCJi9ZAuo99MqMuJUXiJjpsA

yp -C UCJi9ZAuo99MqMuJUXiJjpsA

yp -p PLrG78JjvL7hWqX2FW54Ck8UP45fbWQXcu

```

```

yp -P PLrG78JjvL7hWqX2FW54Ck8UP45fbWQXcu

```

![](assets/example.png)

```

yp -j PLrG78JjvL7hWqX2FW54Ck8UP45fbWQXcu

```

![](assets/example2.png)

```

yp -d PL16WqdAj66SCOdL6XIFbke-XQg2GW_Avg

```

![](assets/example3.png)

```

yp -D PL16WqdAj66SCOdL6XIFbke-XQg2GW_Avg

```

### Usage via reactive mode

![](assets/reactive.png)

`ypr`

### Dev

```

node cli.js -p "PLy_eQQ6VGZFwHULlf-jY3HycTqY25kHty"

```

## Relevant Projects

- [youtube-playlist-summary](https://github.com/alincode/youtube-playlist-summary)

- [youtube-playlist-markdown](https://github.com/alincode/youtube-playlist-markdown)

## License

MIT © [alincode](https://github.com/alincode/youtube-playlist-cli)