YouTube Download Bot🚀

Download videos from YouTube and other platforms through a Telegram Bot

READ FAQ FIRST IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES.

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https://t.me/benny_ytdlbot

Send link directly to the bot. Any Websites supported by youtube-dl will also work.

I don't have unlimited servers and bandwidth, so I have to make some restrictions.

• 5 GiB one-way traffic per 24 hours for each user
• maximum 5 minutes streaming conversion support
• maximum 3 subscriptions
• limited request in certain time range

You can choose to become 'VIP' if you really need large traffic. And also, you could always deploy your own bot.

1. fast download and upload.
2. ads free
3. support progress bar
4. audio conversion
5. playlist support
6. VIP support
7. support different video resolutions
8. support sending as file or streaming as video
9. supports celery worker distribution - faster than before.
10. subscriptions to YouTube Channels
11. cache mechanism - download once for the same video.

You can deploy this bot on any platform that supports Python.

Use the button above! It should work like a magic but with limited functionalities.

1. clone code
2. install ffmpeg
3. install Python 3.6+
4. pip3 install -r requirements.txt
5. set environment variables TOKEN, APP_ID and APP_HASH, and more if you like.
6. python3 ytdl_bot.py

Some functions, such as VIP, ping will be disabled.

docker run -e APP_ID=111 -e APP_HASH=111 -e TOKEN=370FXI bennythink/ytdlbot

• contains every functionality
• compatible with amd64, arm64 and armv7l

Download docker-compose.yml file to a directory

mkdir data
mkdir env

vim env/ytdl.env

you can configure all the following environment variables:

• PYRO_WORKERS: number of workers for pyrogram, default is 100

• WORKERS: workers count for celery

• APP_ID: REQUIRED, get it from https://core.telegram.org/

• APP_HASH: REQUIRED

• TOKEN: REQUIRED

• REDIS: REQUIRED if you need VIP mode and cache ⚠️ Don't publish your redis server on the internet. ⚠️

• OWNER: owner username

• QUOTA: quota in bytes

• EX: quota expire time

• MULTIPLY: vip quota comparing to normal quota

• USD2CNY: exchange rate

• VIP: VIP mode, default: disable

• AFD_LINK

• COFFEE_LINK

• COFFEE_TOKEN

• AFD_TOKEN

• AFD_USER_ID

• AUTHORIZED_USER: users that could use this bot, user_id, separated with ,

• REQUIRED_MEMBERSHIP: group or channel username, user must join this group to use the bot. Could be use with above AUTHORIZED_USER

• ENABLE_CELERY: Distribution mode, default: disable. You'll can setup workers in different locations.

• ENABLE_FFMPEG: enable ffmpeg so Telegram can stream

• MYSQL_HOST: you'll have to setup MySQL if you enable VIP mode

• MYSQL_USER

• MYSQL_PASS

• GOOGLE_API_KEY: YouTube API key, required for YouTube video subscription.

• AUDIO_FORMAT: audio format, default is m4a. You can set to any known and supported format for ffmpeg. For example,mp3, flac, etc. ⚠️ m4a is the fastest. Other formats may affect performance.

• ARCHIVE_ID: group or channel id/username. All downloads will send to this group first and then forward to end user.

• PLAYLIST_SUPPORT: True or False, Ability to enable or disable downloads of playlist / channels by bot. Default: False. Inline button will be lost during the forwarding.

If you only need basic functionality, you can skip this step.

Required for VIP, settings, YouTube subscription.

docker-compose up -d
docker-compose exec mysql bash

mysql -u root -p

> create database ytdl;

Required if you enable celery and want to monitor the workers.

{} ~ python3
Python 3.9.9 (main, Nov 21 2021, 03:22:47)
[Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dbm;dbm.open("flower","n");exit()

Required if you want to support instagram.

You can use this extension Get cookies.txt to get instagram cookies

vim  data/instagram.com_cookies.txt
# paste your cookies

In flower service section, you may want to change your basic authentication username password and publish port.

You can also limit CPU and RAM usage by adding an `deploy' key:

    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          cpus: '0.5'
          memory: 1500M

Be sure to use --compatibility when deploying.

If you only want to run the mode without any celery worker and VIP mode, you can just start ytdl service

docker-compose up -d ytdl

You'll have to start MySQL and redis to support VIP mode, subscription and settings.

docker-compose up -d mysql redis ytdl

Firstly, set ENABLE_CELERY to true. And then, on one machine:

docker-compose up -d

On the other machine:

docker-compose -f worker.yml up -d

⚠️ Bear in mind don't publish redis directly on the internet! You can use WireGuard to wrap it up.

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications

• contains every functionality
• compatible with amd64, arm64 and armv7l

Download k8s file to a directory on your k8s server and go to this folder

kubectl apply -f 01.redis.yml

This command will create ytdl namespace, redis pod and redis service

kubectl apply -f 02.mariadb.yml

This deloyment will claim 10GB storage from storageClassName: longhorn. Please replace longhorn with your storageClassName before apply.

Create configMap for env

vim 03.configmap.yml

you can configure all the following environment variables:

• PYRO_WORKERS: number of workers for pyrogram, default is 100

• WORKERS: workers count for celery

• APP_ID: REQUIRED, get it from https://core.telegram.org/

• APP_HASH: REQUIRED

• TOKEN: REQUIRED

• REDIS: REQUIRED if you need VIP mode and cache ⚠️ Don't publish your redis server on the internet. ⚠️

• OWNER: owner username

• QUOTA: quota in bytes

• EX: quota expire time

• MULTIPLY: vip quota comparing to normal quota

• USD2CNY: exchange rate

• VIP: VIP mode, default: disable

• AFD_LINK

• COFFEE_LINK

• COFFEE_TOKEN

• AFD_TOKEN

• AFD_USER_ID

• AUTHORIZED_USER: users that could use this bot, user_id, separated with ,

• REQUIRED_MEMBERSHIP: group or channel username, user must join this group to use the bot. Could be use with above AUTHORIZED_USER

• ENABLE_CELERY: Distribution mode, default: disable. You'll can setup workers in different locations.

• ENABLE_FFMPEG: enable ffmpeg so Telegram can stream

• MYSQL_HOST: you'll have to setup MySQL if you enable VIP mode

• MYSQL_USER

• MYSQL_PASS

• GOOGLE_API_KEY: YouTube API key, required for YouTube video subscription.

• AUDIO_FORMAT: audio format, default is m4a. You can set to any known and supported format for ffmpeg. For example,mp3, flac, etc. ⚠️ m4a is the fastest. Other formats may affect performance.

• ARCHIVE_ID: group or channel id/username. All downloads will send to this group first and then forward to end user. Inline button will be lost during the forwarding.

kubectl apply -f 03.configmap.yml

kubectl apply -f 04.ytdl-master.yml

This deloyment will create ytdl-pvc PersistentVolumeClaim on storageClassName: longhorn. This clain will contain vnstat, cookies folder and flower database. Please replace longhorn with your storageClassName before apply

Required if you want to support instagram.

You can use this extension Get cookies.txt to get instagram cookies

Get pod running ytdl master:

kubectl get pods --namespace ytdl

Name should be ytdl-xxxxxxxx

Access to pod

kubectl --namespace=ytdl exec --stdin --tty ytdl-xxx -- sh

(replace ytdl-xxx by your pod name)

Go to ytdl-pvc mounted folder

cd /ytdlbot/ytdlbot/data/
vim  instagram.com_cookies.txt
# paste your cookies

kubectl apply -f 05.ytdl-worker.yml

Get pod running ytdl master:

kubectl get pods --namespace ytdl

Name should be ytdl-xxxxxxxx

Access to pod

kubectl --namespace=ytdl exec --stdin --tty ytdl-xxx -- sh

(replace ytdl-xxx by your pod name)

Go to ytdl-pvc mounted folder

cd /var/lib/vnstat/

Create flower database file

{} ~ python3
Python 3.9.9 (main, Nov 21 2021, 03:22:47)
[Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dbm;dbm.open("flower","n");exit()

This step need config ingress from line 51 of file 06.flower.yml with your ingress service. Need for access from internet. YML file should be adjusted depending on your load balancing, ingress and network system

For active SSL

cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-prod

Replace nginx by your ingress service

ingressClassName: nginx

Add your domain, example

tls:
  - hosts:
      - flower.benny.com
    secretName: flower-tls
  rules:
    - host: flower.benny.com

kubectl apply -f 06.flower.yml

start - Let's start
about - What's this bot?
ping - Bot running status
help - Help
ytdl - Download video in group
vip - Join VIP
settings - Set your preference
direct - Download file directly
sub - Subscribe to YouTube Channel
unsub - Unsubscribe from YouTube Channel
sub_count - Check subscription status, owner only.
uncache - Delete cache for this link, owner only.
purge - Delete all tasks , owner only.
topup - Top up quota
tgvip - Using Telegram payment to pay for VIP

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