What is ydl_api_ng ?

ydl_api_ng is a webserver you can interact with via a REST API to perform downloads directly on your server using yt-dlp

The application is meant to cover a large variety of use cases.

Features

• Suitable for power users of yt-dlp but easy to use for beginners
• Easy to setup : the default configuration will allow you to use ydl_api_ng without further modification
• A userscript to easily launch downloads from your browser
• An iOS shortcut to send a download order from your device
• Download from any website supported by yt-dlp (list)
• Hooks you can customize to extend features to use downloaded videos in your workflow

For container version only :

• A full installation of yt-dlp with all addons needed to make it work at full potential
• Mostly no need to maintain manually this app to keep up with yt-dlp updates
• A programmation function to schedule downloads
• Queue management to monitor and control your downloads
• Multiple queues to manage your ressources

Engagements

• I'll always do my best to not introduce breaking changes and maintain compatibility
• I built ydl_api_ng for my usage and I use it a lot so I try to always test extensively changes I make

Documentation

All documentation can be found in the doc folder

Quick start :

• Installation with docker or without docker
• User script installation or iOS shortcut usage
• Configuration guide
• Features API usage :
  • download
  • queue management
  • programmation
  • misc
• A lot of requests examples
• A params.ini example file with every option explained

🤖 AI usage disclaimer

No AI has been harmed during the development and I don't plan to start using AI. AI contributions are not welcome.

Contributing

• Found a bug ? Need an improvement ? Need help ? Need a feature ? Open a ticket !
• Found a typo in documentation ? That's normal ! I'm French (sorry about that). Don't hesitate to contact me if you don't understand a sentence or if there are mistakes.